Sonia Manzano
speaker
283 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 6d ago
Sonia Manzano’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Go to Tijuana!
It was offered by a colleague who was a widow.
By the way her eyes shone, I was immediately certain that she knew what she was talking about.
The next day I packed a bag and before leaving for the bus terminal told my husband I was heading north and not to expect me back.
He embraced me.
I think it was the first time he'd done that without our having sex first.
and gave me 5,000 pesos from a cookie jar.
He seemed relieved that I was leaving.
The first months weren't easy.
I worked in a hotel, a pharmacy, and a party costume store whose only clients were prostitutes.
Have you got a bee costume for adults?
A Bigfoot costume?
Zorro, but with a miniskirt?
I found a small apartment in a noisy street
But as I didn't sleep much, I'd spend the night looking out the window.
All sorts of people passed by, tourists, drunks, drug dealers, Haitians, lone teenagers.
That's how I met Severiano.
Through the window, I saw a man of around 50 standing under a streetlight on the corner near my building.
He was wearing a hat and carrying a cardboard box tied up with a cord.
I thought he must be a migrant, probably waiting for a pollero to take him to the other side.
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