GOOD GIRLS DON’T SHOUT is a collection of thirteen short stories that explore exile and trauma.
“In Rooms with Boys” presents a mother who must confront a son who she is certain has sexually assaulted his classmate and then reckon with the fact that he may do it again. In "Say Anything," two girls are psychically linked after being victimized by the same man. The use of second-person narration, as in Junot Díaz's story "Miss Lora," highlights the dissociative effects of trauma.
Opportunities test allegiances. A Cuban-American producer of Late Night with David Letterman must decide whether he'll allow a Cuban comic to perform. In "Possession" a woman left behind in Cuba learns when she gets to Florida that her lover didn't wait for her.
Whether struggling to craft a new identity or seeking to understand their pasts, these characters are driven to survive and to give their suffering meaning.