Their Dogs Came with Them
A Novel
What's it about
Ever felt trapped by your circumstances, struggling to find your voice in a world that won't listen? Discover how a group of young Chicanas navigate violence, poverty, and displacement in 1960s East LA, fighting to carve out their own identities against a backdrop of societal upheaval. This powerful novel explores the lives of four young women—Ermila, Turtle, Tranquilina, and Pretty-Baby—as their neighborhood is literally torn apart by the construction of new freeways. You'll learn how community bonds are tested, how personal dreams clash with harsh realities, and how resilience blossoms in the most unforgiving of environments. Uncover the strength it takes to survive when the world tries to erase you.
Meet the author
Helena Maria Viramontes is a highly influential voice in Chicana literature and a professor of English at Cornell University, where she is a celebrated creative writing instructor. A native of East Los Angeles, her upbringing in the community she so vividly portrays provides the authentic foundation for her powerful stories of struggle, resistance, and resilience. Her work gives voice to the marginalized, drawing directly from the landscapes and lives that shaped her own experience and informed her compassionate, unflinching fiction.
What's it about
Ever felt trapped by your circumstances, struggling to find your voice in a world that won't listen? Discover how a group of young Chicanas navigate violence, poverty, and displacement in 1960s East LA, fighting to carve out their own identities against a backdrop of societal upheaval. This powerful novel explores the lives of four young women—Ermila, Turtle, Tranquilina, and Pretty-Baby—as their neighborhood is literally torn apart by the construction of new freeways. You'll learn how community bonds are tested, how personal dreams clash with harsh realities, and how resilience blossoms in the most unforgiving of environments. Uncover the strength it takes to survive when the world tries to erase you.
Meet the author
Helena Maria Viramontes is a highly influential voice in Chicana literature and a professor of English at Cornell University, where she is a celebrated creative writing instructor. A native of East Los Angeles, her upbringing in the community she so vividly portrays provides the authentic foundation for her powerful stories of struggle, resistance, and resilience. Her work gives voice to the marginalized, drawing directly from the landscapes and lives that shaped her own experience and informed her compassionate, unflinching fiction.
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