false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256135727m/6139012.jpg 6139012 1 A halfway house is ostensibly a refuge for the mentally ill and those abandoned to poverty by their respective families. However, Rosales writes about a particular house — ruled by an abusive supervisor who sees the house as his personal kingdom and occasionally uses its residents for his sexual pleasures. The central characters are a Cuban American man in his thirties and his equally mentally unstable love, a young woman in her twenties, who try to flee the halfway house. Saddled down by his books and her numerous belongings, they only manage to get far enough away for a taste of real freedom. Sad, tender, and dark, <i>The Halfway House</i> introduces an important Cuban writer to American readers. <br /> 6317837 27 5 2009 The Halfway House (New Directions Paperbook) total:62|5:19|4:26|3:10|2:6|1:1| 62 242 220 14 5 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 09:48:19 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 10:16:48 -0700 2009
He also dreams of leaving the Halfway House, of marrying, of having a life free from disembodied voices and spirits.

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I'm not sure why, but I really like stories narrated by nutcases. Especially when they're nutcases due to completely ab...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 23:40:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 23:42:27 -0700 2009 My review for The Halfway House by Guillermo Rosales]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 14:24:51 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 14:26:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 08 12:55:11 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 13:04:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 13:28:28 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 13:29:03 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 07:53:16 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 09:31:52 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 12:03:21 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 12:03:57 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed May 13 19:42:24 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 20:02:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 19:31:57 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 19:31:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 15:39:20 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 15:39:24 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 10 22:19:49 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 22:19:49 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 13:25:14 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 13:25:14 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 07 15:44:50 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:44:50 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 05 18:46:53 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 18:46:53 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6139012