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A nameless 15-year-old runs away to Los Angeles, seeking life beyond the harsh constraints of her evangelical upbringing. She is the narrative of her passage, from her escape on a bus through her quiet, determined progress across the city's unforgiving terrain. The journey takes her into and around the lives of Angelinos from all walks....

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“This stunning collection from one of the great writers on Black culture covers the gamut: aging, love, poverty, trauma and plenty of lightness in between.”—People From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale comes a remarkable...

Tales of fugitive lives: dazzling portraits of women and men on the run from their present, their past, their future and from themselves.... Holding a discerning mirror to seemingly ordinary lives, James captures recurring themes of love, betrayal, passion and guilt to show just how vulnerable and intricate the human heart really is.

El viaje y la relacion de pareja convergen en un mismo fin: la despedida. Con los titubeos y dificultades de toda ruptura o encuentro amoroso, los personajes de estas historias conducen sus relaciones de pareja hacia un terreno extremo mas alla del cual solo restan el olvido, la desesperanza y la violencia. Hay, entre sus variados protagonistas, jovenes que se dicen adios por indecision, un carabinero que golpea con brutalidad a su mujer tras reprimir una manifestacion contra la dictadura militar en Chile, una madre que maltrata a su hijo.