Gillian Armstead-Bancroft—Pride of the East Side and once-perfect bruja, wife, and mother—is going to spend her summer getting good at being bad. The first time she left Freedom, Kansas, behind, she did it by doing everything right. This time, she’ll hide from the large Mexican American family welcoming her home and work in secret to break the curse that’s erased her magical life. Only by doing it all wrong can Gillian get herself and her two children away from the ghosts of her hometown by summer’s end. Nicky Mendoza is an answer to her prayers. He was the practical solution to the problem of her virginity when they… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Racism and internalised racism
- Emotional, verbal and financial intimate partner abuse, on- & off-page
- Divorce
- Parent with alcoholism discussed
- Death of a relative from an overdose recounted
- Animal attack recounted
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