Tijuana: melting pot of Mexico, gateway to Baja California. Two million souls struggle for survival, each searching for a way to become...something, anything better. Fate brings a few strangers together one night in a crowded taxi rojo. When the red taxi crashes down a canyon, it creates a connection between the passengers that, like the international border within sight of the crash, draws a line between triumph and defeat, hopelessness and perseverance, life and death. Boyfriends Rigo and Cristian confront their demons when a supposedly innocuous tryst gets out of control. Pancha looks for love in a complex world of ambiguous gender and sexual identity. Toni's biggest problem is self-acceptance in a culture that has ingrained in him the idea that real men are macho and self-sufficient. Julia's faith is challenged as she toils to make a living and support her disabled sister, while feeling paralyzed by her sense of responsibility and lingering guilt. Even in Tijuana, light can be found in the darkness. Facing fears and giving of oneself pave the road to strength and freedom, while stubbornness and denial lead only to demise. Erik Orrantia is the Lambda Literary Award winning author of Normal Miguel.
Tijuana: melting pot of Mexico, gateway to Baja California. Two million souls struggle for survival, each searching for a way to become...something, anything better. Fate brings a few strangers together one night in a crowded taxi rojo. When the red taxi crashes down a canyon, it creates a connection between the passengers that, like the international border within sight of the crash, draws a line between triumph and defeat, hopelessness and perseverance, life and death. Boyfriends Rigo and Cristian confront their demons when a supposedly innocuous tryst gets out of control. Pancha looks for love in a complex world of ambiguous gender and sexual identity. Toni's biggest problem is self-acceptance in a culture that has ingrained in him the idea that real men are macho and self-sufficient. Julia's faith is challenged as she toils to make a living and support her disabled sister, while feeling paralyzed by her sense of responsibility and lingering guilt. Even in Tijuana, light can be found in the darkness. Facing fears and giving of oneself pave the road to strength and freedom, while stubbornness and denial lead only to demise. Erik Orrantia is the Lambda Literary Award winning author of Normal Miguel.
Mexico City is a tough enough place to live--crime and corruption, underemployment, drugs, poverty. Francisco has long been feeling the pressure from his mother, a hotel house-cleaner, to find work. His youngest brother, Mario, is frying his brain on paint thinner. His girlfriend is expecting commitment that he's not ready to give. Since his father's not around, he's the man of the house. Isn't he supposed to solve these problems? When he meets Leon, an upper class, self-accepting gay, everything begins to change. He is introduced to a different side of the City...and a different side of himself. But the problems are far from solved. Mario's drug addiction comes to a brink. Veronica is pregnant. And employment is far from paradise. At the same time, can he give Leon what he expects? Is a back-alley abortion clinic the way to go? Is there any hope of treatment for Mario? What really happened to his father? Is leaving the City with Leon a solution or does it mean abandoning his family when he's most needed? It's time for Francisco to become a man and make decisions for himself. He needs to balance his own future with the needs of his family and the pressures of society. He needs to find a way, in the legacy of a famous nobleman, to build his House of Blue Tiles.
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