![]() The friend, who becomes a wildly successful artist, leaves his young wife in the care of the other women, who help her care for her baby. ![]() “Lead Street, Albuquerque” follows two young couples whose lives are interrupted when a friend moves into their building and marries a 17-year-old girl. The American movie stars living in “paradise” at the resort are worn out and distracted compared to the vibrant Mexicans who run the hotel. ![]() The elegant title story is set in a hotel in Mexico where the cast and crew of The Night of the Iguana are staying. The collection is significant partly because it reveals the centrality of homesickness and geography to Berlin’s work. This wonderful posthumous collection from Berlin ( A Manual for Cleaning Women) ranges from short, one-page stories about the poor and working class to longer romantic tales about the disaffected daughters of aristocrats in South America. ![]()
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