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"Friday Night Chicas" is a collection of four flirty novellas. Set in New York City, Miami's South Beach, downtown Chicago, and L.A., these stories explore dating, marriage, friendship, and sex, through the eyes of four different Latina women. "Friday Night in L.A" by Mary Castillo. Isela Harris, with an invitation to the hottest charity event in-hand, is determined to meet director extraordinaire Tyler Baxter. "Friday Night in South Beach" by Caridad Peneiro. It's Tori Rodriguez's thirtieth birthday and all she wants is a nice quiet day with her family and friends. However, armed with a reservation for an overnight casino cruise, Tori's friends have other plans. "Friday Night in Chicago" by Berta Platas. The once shy Cali decides to attend her high school reunion. She slips into her slinkiest Donna Karen and puts on her highest Manolos. After all, she's out to seek revenge, Latina-style..."Friday Night in New York City" by Sofia Quintero. Gladys's friends throw her a bachelorette party. They've got the limo, they've got the drinks, and they've got the strip club. But where's the bride-to-be?

"I wonder if Judy Blume really knows how many girls'' lives she affected. I wonder if she knows that at least one of her books made a grown woman finally feel like she''d been a normal girl all along..." —from Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume Whether laughing to tears reading Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great or clamoring for more unmistakable "me too!" moments in Are You There God? It''s Me, Margaret, girls all over the world have been touched by Judy Blume''s poignant coming-of-age stories. Now, in this anthology of essays, twenty-four notable female authors write straight from the heart about the unforgettable novels that left an indelible mark on their childhoods and still influence them today. After growing up from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing into Smart Women, these writers pay tribute, through their reflections and most cherished memories, to one of the most beloved authors of all time.