"A passionate tale of change and redemption... Step into the heart of a Chihuahua cantina on the eve of el Día de Los Muertos, where a storm rages outside, and inside, eight men find themselves bound together by fate. Some are strangers, some acquainted-all seeking refuge from the tempest that surrounds them. Emboldened by pulque and cerveza, the men engage in a ritual of shared tales, unveiling the haunting memories of women who linger in their...

"Anne Schroeder's personal essays ... tell a woman's story of coming of age during the Baby Boomer generation and growing into greater wholeness. All the ages of womanhood are covered: girlhood, young adulthood, middle age up into the author's fifties as she shifts focus to caring for the two older matriarchs in her life. Schroeder uses the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and sexual rapture as a metaphor for loving life in all its forms."--Review from...