FCA Book Club - Reservoir Bitches

Reservoir Bitches (2024) by Dahlia de la Cerda /  Translated by Julia Sanches and Heather Cleary 

Our next read Reservoir Bitches (Perras de Reserva, 2019) is de la Cerda’s first book to be translated into English. It’s a collection of “gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny stories about Mexican women who fight, skirt, cheat, cry, kill, and lie their way to survival.”

“In the linked stories of Reservoir Bitches, thirteen Mexican women prod the bitch that is Life and become her. From the all-powerful daughter of a cartel boss to the victim of transfemicide, from a houseful of spinster seamstresses to a socialite who supports her politician husband by faking Indigenous roots, these women spit on their own reduction and invent new ways to endure, telling their own stories in bold, unapologetic voices. At once a work of black humor and social critique, Reservoir Bitches is a raucous debut from one of Mexico’s most thrilling new writers.” - from blurb 

We'll meet on Sunday 15th November at 16:30 

There will be a donation jar and some refreshments available (cash or pin). Please think about donating something if you are able; a place like NieuwLand can only exist through the contributions of volunteers and friends, who know of the importance of places like this, which exist as alternatives to an individualistic society, capitalist economy and gentrifying neighbourhoods. To learn more about NieuwLand visit their website (https://nieuwland.cc)

We will be meeting upstairs which isn’t wheelchair accessible. If you have access needs regarding the event please get in contact with us so that we can do our best to incorporate these.

If you want to attend the session but find it difficult to get hold of the book, reach out to us and we will try to help (feministbookclubamsterdam[@]gmail.com).  

Like the FCA more generally we aim to be a harassment free space for everybody. If you are new to our meetings, or feel you need a refresher please read our code of conduct to find out what behaviours we hope for from you, and hold ourselves to in our sessions http://www.thefeministclub.nl/coc

If there are topics or questions you would like to discuss please bring those with you. 

We are looking forward to seeing you!