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Braverman's second novel and arguably her finest, Palm Latitudes explores the intertwined lives of three women who await absolution and revelation in Los Angeles. Frances Ramos is a voluptuous prostitute, held in high esteem by local street gangs. Gloria Hernandez is a dutiful young wife and mother - until her husband's act of betrayal sparks her growing fury. Marta Ortega, a prophetic old woman connected viscerally with the forces of nature, quietly charts the mingling of past and present and the cross-pollenisation of her turbulent neighbourhood, and of human destiny.