Jaime Espiritu

Duck People Jaime Espiritu

Nine captivating stories that reach out into the heart and mind, baring some of our most feared and most fulfilling emotions alike, each one told with unrelenting frankness and realism. Among them ... Duck People. Career crises in middle-class Washington bureaucrat life. Humor and social criticism. Charlie Joe. GI-Joe/native-boy story during WWII. Explores cultural and historical issues. Friends. Singles life, the ravages of contemporary man-woman relationship. An illustration of current values in leisure-based lifestyles and the pursuit of commitment. Alice. Divorce, loss of self-esteem, ego-bust. A detailed look into a frightful descent to self-destruction from one's loneliness in society. Louis. Middle-age anxiety, social dislocation, humor. From a man's point of view. Basement People. Young black woman faces challenge to do better than her elder generation. Personal character and human values set in Washington bureaucracy.