Las hijas de Juan: Daughters Betrayed (Latin America Otherwise)
“Las hijas de Juanbreaks new ground in the literature of Chicano/a autobiography by taking on the shameful issue of paternal incest at the same time that it demonstrates the process of healing through speaking, writing, and remembering. This book is the genuine song of the survivor, and the narrator’s personal story is also a political reality of the Chicano/a and Latino/a community, an ugly beast fed on silence that must be both contained and confronted. More than anything,Las hijas de Juanshows us the imperative need to speak the secrets that, unfortunately, bind and damage so many mujeres in our communities.”—Alicia Gaspar de Alba,Latino Studies