Title: Hard language : short stories /
Authors: Padilla, Mike.
Publisher: Arte Público Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: California Social life and customs Fiction.
Abstract: "A Mexican-American construction worker's jealousy and controlling behavior become entwined with dark resentment of his wife's English-speaking abilities. Among his other startling snapshots, Padilla captures the day the family got together to tear apart old Aunt Eufrasia's house...the uneasy bonds holding together two elderly women, once the best of friends but now only housemates." -- Back cover.