A Handbook to Luck (2007)
“The first hints of light stirred the sky, as if the day were coming from far away. Marta walked past her arbor of bougainvillea and the rosebushes she’d planted last summer. She’d dug an herb garden, too, as Dinora Luna suggested, to have fresh remedies on hand against others’ ill intentions: rosemary, lemongrass, chili peppers, spearmint. Their mingled scents made Marta feel safe.It was against city ordinances to keep chickens in Los Angeles, but Marta wasn’t the only one in her neighborhood r...aising them. Those who didn’t have chickens were bought off with fresh eggs, so there was little danger of getting caught. Marta cracked open the door to her coop and stooped inside to the soft clucking of hens.Buenos días, señoras. ¿Cómo amanecieron? She breathed in the acrid scent of the hay and shed feathers. If only she could settle in among them, know the sweet ache of laying an egg. Her body seemed so stingy in comparison.Marta went from nest to dusty nest, gently checking under the hens for eggs.MoreLess
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