Coachella

by Sheila Ortiz Taylor

It's 1983 in Coachella Valley and Yolanda Ram rez, a lowly phlebotomist at the Palm Springs hospital, has a hunch. Gay men, hemophiliacs, and women scarred by cosmetic surgery are dying. Safe blood, like the water keeping this desert green, is a lie.

In the nearby trailer, Isabel Ochoa Dreyfus disappears into a new identity: Marina Lomas. Somewhere in Iowa her businessman husband sits in the dark, staring at his drink, promising never to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826318436
• ISBN13: 9780826318435
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.1"