A Professional Lola -- E. P. Tuazon, Paperback

A Professional Lola is a collection of short stories that blend literary fiction with the surreal to present the contemporary Filipino American experience and its universal themes of love, family, and identity. A family hires an actress to play their beloved grandmother at a party; a couple craving Filipino food rob a panaderya; a coven of Filipino witches cast a spell on their husbands; a Lolo transforms into a Lola. These are just a few of the stories in the collection that represent its roster of stories beautifully grounded in culture and vividly and meticulously painted to make the absurd seem mundane and the commonplace, sinister. A Professional Lola embodies the joy, mystery, humor, sadness, hunger, and family that inhabit modern-day Filipino American virtues.

Author: E. P. Tuazon
Publisher: Red Hen Press
Published: 05/07/2024
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.87h x 4.96w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781636281186

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2024
Library Journal 04/01/2024 pg. 92