Reservoir Bitches

A debut linked story collection of gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny fiction from Mexico.

Life's a challenge. That's why you have to confront it, even when it seems overwhelming.

In the linked stories of Reservoir Bitches, thirteen Mexican women tackle the challenges of life as they fight, sew, skirt, cheat, cry, and lie their way through their tangled circumstances. From the powerful daughter of a cartel boss to a victim of transfemicide, from a houseful of spinster seamstresses to a socialite who supports her politician husband by faking Indigenous roots, these women defy their own limitations and invent new ways to survive, telling their stories in bold, unapologetic voices. At once a social critique and black comedy, Reservoir Bitches is a raucous debut from one of Mexico's most thrilling new writers.