Fifteen Candles

For the uninitiated, the quinceañera celebrates the passage of a fifteen-year-old girl into adulthood: It''s a bit bat mitzvah with a dash of debutante ball, and loaded with the same potential for hilarity and adolescent angst. In this original anthology, fifteen of the brightest and funniest Latino writers, men and women alike, share their own memories of these moving and often absurd extravaganz...