Seven Stories Press
New York, NY
2001
190 pp.
9781583224885

Candela lives in a house of women nine to be exact: six sisters, their mother, their grandmother, and their rich aunt Mary, who owns the house. Candela has had her disappointments in love and floats from one job to another before ending up at the local mortuary working as an apprentice embalmer. Her work on the late patriarch of a gypsy clan introduces her to the dead mans nephew Amador, who turns out to be both a successful businessman and a scintillating lover. In a rich style that recalls the films of Almodovar, Vallvey explores Candelas ingenious attempts to integrate the last wild man into her life.

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