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Those who liked The Joy Luck Club or The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood will enjoy The Dirty Girls Social Club...It is heartfelt, fast-moving, and often funny.
— Oklahoman
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“The feel of a night out with the girls...charming...undeniably fun.
— Miami Herald
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This lively debut novel...reads like the Hispanic version of Waiting to Exhale.
— New York
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As a guilty pleasure it ranks somewhere between Valrhona chocolate and Jimmy Choo shoes-I simply could not put it down.
— Whitney Otto, author of How to Make an American Quilt
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...the summer's must-have beach book.
— Latina magazine
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...a fresh spin on the best-of-friends novel that's funny, touching, and exhilarating. A winner!
— Jennifer Crusie
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The Latina community has a rich new voice and Valdez-Rodriguez is it.
— Jeffrey Kluger, coauthor of Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
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Dirty Girls sets out to prove Latina can mean anything-black, white, rich, poor, Spanish-speaking, not Spanish-speaking.
— The Miami Herald
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...Valdes-Rodriguez has written an incredible first novel, told in six distinct voices and points of view.
— Library Journal
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...in the end, it's the complex, finely drawn characters who make the book work.
— Rocky Mountain News
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...a heartfelt, fast-moving, and often funny page-turner.
— Booklist
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This season's most scrumptious book...a summer must.
— Advocate
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(an) affecting debut that takes a long, hard, and funny look at life in the U.S. for Latina women...an upscale telenovela with well-drawn, charmingly flawed characters from an author who explodes some myths.
— Kirkus Reviews
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Marked by fast-paced dialogue and a pop-culture sensibility, this engaging novel, each section of which is written from a different woman's perspective, carries an unmistakable message.
— Book
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The writing is strong, fluid, and sometimes laugh-out loud funny.
— Pioneer Press
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Valdes-Rodriguez' compelling characters are enhanced by their racial identities but not at all inaccesible to the non-Hispanic...an enjoyable read.
— San Antonio Express-News
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Valdes-Rodriguez' novel delivers on the promise of its sexy title (with a) diverse group of women that defies stereotypes. The book addresses serious questions-prejudice, the difficulty of winning respect from Latino men-but balances them with enough romances...to satisfy any chick lit fan. This is a fun, irresistible debut.
— Publishers Weekly