Prayers for the Stolen

Now we make you ugly, my mother said. The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl. On the mountainside in rural Mexico where Ladydi lives, being a girl is dangerous. Especially a pretty one. If the Narcos hear there is a pretty girl on the mountain, they steal her. So when the black SUVs roll into town, Ladydi and her friends hide in the warren of holes scattered across the mountain, saf...