Cantoras

By Carolina De Robertis

Subjects: Self-actualization (Psychology) in women, Sexual minority community, Stonewall Book Awards, Female friendship, Government policy, Fiction, American literature, Politics and government, LGBTQ novels, Homosexuality, Fiction, hispanic & latino, FICTION / Hispanic & Latino, Fiction, women, Fiction, lgbtq+, general, FICTION / LGBT / General, New York Times reviewed, FICTION / Women, Lesbians

Description: In defiance of the brutal military government that took power in Uruguay in the 1970s, and under which homosexuality is a dangerous transgression, five women miraculously find one another—and, together, an isolated cape that they claim as their own. Over the next thirty-five years, they travel back and forth from this secret sanctuary, sometimes together, sometimes in pairs, with lovers in tow or alone. Throughout it all, they will be tested repeatedly—by their families, lovers, society, and one another—as they fight to live authentic lives. A groundbreaking, genre-defining work, Cantoras is a breathtaking portrait of queer love, community, forgotten history, and the strength of the human spirit.