cover image Migrant Souls

Migrant Souls

Arturo Islas. Avon Books, $8.94 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-380-71440-7

In this second installment of a projected trilogy begun by The Rain God , iron-willed Josie Salazar abandons California for her Texas hometown after her husband walks out on her and her two daughters. According to PW , this ``beautifully delineated, down-to-earth, affecting saga . . . vigorously portrays three generations of Mexican-Americans fighting prejudice while struggling to achieve self-definition.'' (Sept.)