Reading Questions
Angela Garcia
The Pastoral Clinic: Chapter 1
People, Places, Concepts and Questions
Terms, Places & People
Juniper Hills
Nuevo DÍa
Peter
Commensurability
Ethics of commensuration
Purgatorial zone
Lucretia
Marcos
Questions
1. Describe the structure and everyday life of the Nuevo Día detoxification clinic.
2. What do you make of Garcia’s interaction with Peter during the blackout?
3. Why does Garcia see the detox clinic as a purgatorial zone?
4. What do the stories of Peter, Lucretia and Marcos tell us about heroin addiction and treatment in the Española Valley?