Better With You Here

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By Gwendolyn Zepeda

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Some friends help us heal . . .

If you ask her, Natasha Davila will tell you there’s nothing more important to her than her kids. She’ll do anything for her son and daughter-even play nice with her ex-husband. Only now she’s facing a problem she never expected: her ex is re-marrying and suing for full custody. She could fall to pieces . . . or she could call on her friends.

Some help us change . . .

There’s Sara, whose tough talk hides a soft-and loyal-heart, and Haley, who has so much more to offer than a pretty face. When they’re together, Natasha doesn’t have to be someone’s wife or someone’s mother. She can just be.

And some remind us what true friendship is really about . . .

When Natasha’s ex ups the ante and exposes some disturbing news about her friends, she’s forced to cut ties. But can she really walk away from the women who have been standing by her side?

Genre:

  • "Zepeda's command of family dynamics shows in every scene, creating complexity and drama...Well-drawn characters, particularly Natasha (who shares narration duties with her son and a feisty friend) make this a rewarding read."
    Publishers Weekly
  • "Fresh and smart"
    Booklist on LONE STAR LEGEND
  • "Zepeda (Houston, We Have a Problema) gives readers a funny and smart heroine that readers will easily pull for."
    Publishers Weekly on LONE STAR LEGEND
  • "Zepeda is a master wordsmith."
    Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, New York Times bestselling author of The Dirty Girls Social Club
  • "Zepeda... presents a debut about the everyday struggle to find one's way but adds unusual and alluring touches, namely the vibrant Houston setting and the novel's emphasis on Tex-Mex culture, art, and folklore."
    Booklist on HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEMA
  • "Jessica's evolution from self-uncertainty to self-empowerment is amusingly charted, and Zepeda's take on the popular fascination with good luck charms, horoscopes, psychics and unreliable predictions is laced with rueful zeal."
    Publishers Weekly on HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEMA
  • "Reading Gwen's book was like going to a family BBQ-full of drama, juicy gossip, and lots of laughs."
    Mary Castillo, 2006 on HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEMA

On Sale
Jul 17, 2012
Page Count
352 pages
ISBN-13
9780446564038

Gwendolyn Zepeda

About the Author

Gwendolyn Zepeda was born in Houston, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin. She was the first Latina blogger and began her writing career on the Web in 1997 as one of the founding writers of the entertainment site Television Without Pity. Since that time, Zepeda has published three critically acclaimed novels through Hachette, four award-winning children’s books through Arte Publico Press, a short-story collection, and two books of poems.

She was Houston’s very first poet laureate, serving a two-year term from 2013 to 2015. Zepeda lives in Houston with her family and pets.

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