01746cam a2200325 i 4500 272356022 TxAuBib 20160921120000.0 020411s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002068357 9780312303495 $22.95 0312303491 $22.95 9780312320263 $13.95 0312320264 $13.95 TxAuBib rda Dallas, Sandra. The Chili Queen [TP] : A Novel / Sandra Dallas. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2002. p. cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nb rdacarrier Life may have been hard on Addie French, but when she meets friendless Emma Roby on a train, all her protective instincts emerge. Emma's brother is seeing her off to Nalgitas to marry a man she has never met. And Emma seems like a lost soul to Addie-someone who needs Addie's savvy and wary eye. It isn't often that Addie is drawn to anyone as a friend, but Emma seems different somehow. When Emma's prospective fails to show up at the train depot, Addie breaks all her principles to shelter the girl at her brothel, The Chili Queen. But once Emma enters Addie's life, the secrets that unfold and schemes that are hatched cause both women to question everything they thought they knew. With Sandra Dallas's trademark humor, charm, and pathos, The Chili Queen will satisfy anyone who has ever longed for happiness. 20160921. Women New Mexico Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Boardinghouses Fiction. New Mexico Fiction.