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Helena María Viramontes
Helena María Viramontes is a writer whose work often explores the lives of working-class Latina women. Her novel Under the Feet of Jesus is a powerful story about family, faith, and survival.
The moths and other stories
"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.