Bindle punk bruja : a novel /
Mesa, Desideria
Bindle punk bruja : a novel / Desideria Mesa. - First edition. - 379 pages : map ; 21 cm
"Hot jazz and cold drinks...all with some witchy charm"--Cover.
Luna--or depending on who's asking, Rose--is the white-passing daughter of an immigrant mother who has seen what happens to people from her culture. This world is prejudicial, and she must hide her identity in pursuit of owning an illegal jazz club. Using her cunning powers, Rose negotiates with dangerous criminals as she climbs up Kansas City's bootlegging ladder. Luna, however, runs the risk of losing everything if the crooked city councilmen and ruthless mobsters discover her ties to an immigrant boxcar community that secretly houses witches. Last thing she wants is to put her entire family in danger.
9780063056084 0063056089
Hispanic American women--Fiction
Passing (Identity)--Fiction
Nightclubs--Fiction
Witches--Fiction
Magic--Fiction
Gangsters--Fiction
Nineteen twenties--Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Historical fiction
813/.6
Bindle punk bruja : a novel / Desideria Mesa. - First edition. - 379 pages : map ; 21 cm
"Hot jazz and cold drinks...all with some witchy charm"--Cover.
Luna--or depending on who's asking, Rose--is the white-passing daughter of an immigrant mother who has seen what happens to people from her culture. This world is prejudicial, and she must hide her identity in pursuit of owning an illegal jazz club. Using her cunning powers, Rose negotiates with dangerous criminals as she climbs up Kansas City's bootlegging ladder. Luna, however, runs the risk of losing everything if the crooked city councilmen and ruthless mobsters discover her ties to an immigrant boxcar community that secretly houses witches. Last thing she wants is to put her entire family in danger.
9780063056084 0063056089
Hispanic American women--Fiction
Passing (Identity)--Fiction
Nightclubs--Fiction
Witches--Fiction
Magic--Fiction
Gangsters--Fiction
Nineteen twenties--Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Historical fiction
813/.6