Lorraine M. López made her notable debut in 2002 with the story collection "Soy La Avon Lady." Two novels later, she returns to her strength as a master tragicomic storyteller with "Homicide Survivors Picnic" (BkMk Press, $16.95), a book that explores the Latino family's intercultural and interracial experiences in the American South.
Only two of the 10 stories are connected, and two take place in California, but most of the characters are familiar with the same territory -- Georgia, Kentucky
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