Eat the Mouth That Feeds You

In gritty, sometimes fantastical stories about Latinx life, women challenge feminine stereotypes and make sense of fractured family histories.

One of The Millions Most Anticipated Books of the Year

"Eat the Mouth that Feeds You renders the feminine grotesque at its finest."—Myriam Gurba, author of Mean

"Eat the Mouth that Feeds You will establish Fragoza as an essential and important new voice in American fiction."—Héctor Tobar, author of The Barbarian Nurseries

"The writing is sharp and unexpected, and full of vivid turns."—David Ulin, Books editor, Alta Magazine

In visceral, embodied prose, Fragoza's imperfect characters are drawn with a sympathetic tenderness as they struggle against circumstances and conditions designed to defeat them. A young woman returns home from college, only to pick up exactly where she left off:...