![]() Their journeys and their voices will inspire you, surprise you, and break your heart. Woven into their stories are the testimonials of men and women who have come to the United States from all over Latin America. It’s also the beginning of a friendship between the Rivera and Toro families, whose web of guilt and love and responsibility is at this novel’s core. When Mayor Toro, whose family is from Panama, sees Maribel in a Dollar Tree store, it is love at first sight. And so, leaving all they have behind, the Riveras come to America with a single dream: that in this country of great opportunity and resources, Maribel can get better. One day, their beautiful fifteen-year-old daughter, Maribel, sustains a terrible injury, one that casts doubt on whether she’ll ever be the same. ![]() An extraordinary novel that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American.Īrturo and Alma Rivera have lived their whole lives in Mexico. Two families whose hopes collide with destiny. ![]() This passionate, powerful novel will stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page.” -Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime WalkĪ boy and a girl who fall in love. ![]() Henríquez pulls us into the lives of her characters with such mastery that we hang on to them just as fiercely as they hang on to one another and their dreams. ![]()
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