![]() Carmen, still wrestling with the trauma of displacement, must process her difficult relationship with her own mother while trying to raise a wayward Jeanette. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her reticent mother and makes the snap decision to take in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE. In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. NOMINEE for 2021 Goodreads Choice Award in Debut Novel and Historical FictionĪ sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born.LONGLISTED for Crook’s Corner Book Prize. ![]() ![]() FINALIST for the 2022 Southern Book Prize.WINNER of the Isabel Allende Most Inspirational Fiction Award - International Latino Book Awards īest Literary Fiction - She Reads Best of 2021 Awards ![]()
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