Reservoir Bitches

“A gritty mix of short stories that all connect around the theme of violence against women in Mexico. Fierce, rage-fuelled, darkly entertaining. LOVED.”

“Gritty, gorgeous, for the girls. The masterfully interlinked tales of 13 Mexican women as told by emerging author Dahlia de la Cerda (Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025). Equal parts social crit and gossipy lore. Someone needs to make this into a movie.”

““"Life's a bitch. That's why you gotta rattle her cage, even if she's foaming at the mouth.” In the linked stories of Reservoir Bitches, thirteen Mexican women prod the bitch that is Life and become her, as they fight, sew, skirt, cheat, cry, and lie their way through their tangled circumstances. 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 survive, 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.””