The Moths and Other Stories

Stories originally published in various periodicals.

Fiction. THE MOTHS AND OTHER STORIES, Helena Maria Viramontes' stories exploring women's struggles to overcome the dictates of family, culture, and church, is in a new edition. Prejudice and the social and economic status of Chicanos often form the backdrop for these haunting stories, but their central, unifying theme deals with the social and cultural values which shape women's lives and which they struggle against with varying degrees of success.

"Prejudice and the social and economic status of Chicanos often form the backdrop for these haunting stories, but the central theme is the social and cultural values which shape women's lives and which they struggle against with varying degrees of success."--Amazon.com Introduction / by Yvonne Yarbo-Bejarano The moths Growing Birthday The broken web The Cariboo Cafe The long reconciliation Snapshots Neighbors.