Carmencita

Genealogy, uncomfortable questions and reams of archival material are Tavares-Abel’s tools in discovering the political truths of her family and the Dominican Republic. Election fraud and dictatorship are frighteningly topical. Activism suggests itself.

Yan is awful at love, disappointments lead him to meet his friends in a nightclub, where they encourages him to talk to a girl. This time Yan will not do it alone, in this story of fantasy and love at first sight.

Marcia lives with her invalid husband, Tony, who constantly abuses her. Marcia's life takes a turn after she gains the power to perform miracles but refuses to heal Tony’s illness.