{"id":45228,"date":"2019-04-19T11:12:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T15:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=45228"},"modified":"2019-04-10T12:40:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T16:40:43","slug":"evening-in-paradise-more-stories-by-lucia-berlin-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/evening-in-paradise-more-stories-by-lucia-berlin-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening in Paradise: More Stories by Lucia Berlin [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44717\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Evening-in-Paradise-Lucia-Berlin-534x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Evening-in-Paradise-Lucia-Berlin-534x800.jpg 534w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Evening-in-Paradise-Lucia-Berlin.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><strong>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 2015, <em>A Manual for Cleaning Women<\/em> collected 43 stories <a href=\"http:\/\/luciaberlin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lucia Berlin<\/a> left before her 2004 death, making her an overnight \u2013 albeit posthumous \u2013 literary sensation. Here are 22 more, presented in some semblance of chronological order, mirroring Berlin\u2019s own peripatetic exploits (Texas, New Mexico, New York provide backdrops) that included three husbands (a sculptor, a pianist, and a charismatic drug addict all make appearances here) and four sons\u00a0(Jeff Berlin gets editing credit, Mark Berlin provides \u2013 also posthumously, he died in 2005 \u2013 the collection\u2019s introduction, regretfully <em>not<\/em> included in the audiobook).<\/p>\n<p>Kyla Garcia, part of the six-reader cast for <em>Manual<\/em>, returns solo, her voice sounding 7, 17, or like someone\u2019s grandfather; adapting Spanish, Syrian, or New York accents; channeling new mothers or weary middle-aged men. Garcia takes on the classic Hollywood cast of <em>Night of the Iguana<\/em> in the title story, women seeking pregnancy to keep their husbands from war, drug dealers in fatal encounters, wives comically reminiscing about their shared ex-husband, a daughter meeting her father\u2019s mistress, and a professor whose town seems disappointed when her young son is <em>not<\/em> lost. Unconventional and unforgettable, Berlin\u2019s storytelling prowess lives on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: modified from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Evening-in-Paradise-\/pid=9714721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, April 15, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*STARRED REVIEW In 2015, A Manual for Cleaning Women collected 43 stories Lucia Berlin left before her 2004 death, making her an overnight \u2013 albeit posthumous \u2013 literary sensation. 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