Angelica Thorne

Angelica Thorne

Inherited Shame

Chapter 3: My Crime

Inherited Shame | 1980s LGBTQ+ Mexican American Women’s Fiction

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Angelica Thorne
Sep 18, 2026
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Previously:
Carol had the boyfriend, the image, and the future people expected. Andrea’s summer away made the performance harder to hold.
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Content note: This chapter contains domestic violence and verbal abuse.

Carol

Carol watches from her porch as bruised Lucia stands by the gate in a light floral dress, the two women locked in a tense stare.
Yet each man kills the thing he loves…
~Oscar Wilde

Something shattered next door and jolted me upright. Both of my parents froze.

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