San Antonio College Library

"Thirteen women, all ages and backgrounds, react in unexpected, humorous, and mysterious ways when one day the river suddenly turns a crimson red. The bridge, which the women cross and re-cross in the course of this cycle of stories, becomes a site where the women acquire knowledge about their lives and their landscape as the mystery of the color of the river unravels."--Jacket.

Spare language and stark imagery illuminate Sanmiguel's otherwise severe and unflinching portraits of women of all ages and circumstances whose lives unfold amid the squalor and despair of the Texas-Mexico border region.