AwomanishauntedbytheMexicanfolkdemonLaLloronainthis“utterlyterrifyingandwhollyimmersive...storyaboutgenerationaltrauma,colonization,systemicoppression,andthehorrorattheheartofmotherhood“(LibraryJournal,starredreview).“Castroisoneofthemostexcitinggenreauthorsonthescenerightnow,andthismightbehermostpowerfulbookyet.“--PasteAPOPSUGARANDCRIMEREADSBESTBOOKOFTHEYEARAlejandranolongerknowswhosheis.Toherhusband,sheisawife,andtoherchildren,amother.Toherownadoptivemother,sheisadaughter.ButtheycannotseewhoAlejandrahasbecome:awomanstrugglingwithadarknessthatthreatenstoconsumeher.NorcantheyseewhatAlejandrasees.Intimesofdespair,aghostlyvisionappearstoher,theapparitionofacryingwomaninaraggedwhitegown.WhenAlejandravisitsatherapist,shebeginsexploringherfamily’shistory,startingwiththebiologicalmothersheneverknew.Asshegoesdeeperintothelivesofthewomeninherfamily,shelearnsthatheartbreakandtragedyarenottheonlythingsshehasincommonwithherancestors.Becausethecryingwomanwaswiththem,too.SheisLaLlorona,thevengefulandmurderousmotherofMexicanlegend.AndshewillnotleaveuntilAlejandrafollowshermother,hergrandmother,andallthewomenwhocamebeforeherintothedarkness.ButAlejandrahasinheritedmorethanjustpain.Shehasinheritedthestrengthandthecourageofherforemothers--andshewillhavetosummoneverythingtheyhavegivenhertobanishLaLloronaforever.
