The Girls from the Revolutionary Cantina: A Novel

Boasting irreverent edgy humor and a clear sense of Southern Californian culture this hilarious insightful debut novel by award-winning author M. Padilla brilliantly captures the comforts and dangers of friendship.. Inspired by their good-natured rivalry career-oriented best friends Julia Juarez and Ime Benevides have never let anything come between them. Then enters Julias new coworker Ilario who pulls both womens heartstrings disrupts their friendship and brings Julias career to the brink of disaster. . Looking for support Julia turns to her other friends: Concepción a party-obsessed dance instructor; Nina a timid but shrewd seamstress whos not too taken with her fiancé; and Marta owner of the Revolutionary Cantina who is preoccupied with the details of a Hollywood murder case. When they involve Julia in a risky scheme she must choose between her loyalty to her friends and a chance to live the life shes worked so hard to achieve.