America's Dream Contributor(s): Santiago, Esmeralda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0063074133 ISBN-13: 9780063074132 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 95025706 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 368 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Lyrical and] haunting, Am rica's liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering. -- Washington Post Deftly written and fiercely resilient, Am rica's Dream explores the ever-shifting definition of what it means to be American and exemplifies the spirit of every immigrant who has dared to realize the American dream. Am rica Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on Vieques, an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who don't look her in the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her; her married boyfriend, Correa, beats her; and their fourteen-year-old daughter thinks life would be better anywhere but with Am rica. So when Am rica is offered the chance to work as a live-in housekeeper and nanny for a family in Westchester, New York, she takes it as a sign to finally make the escape she's been longing for. Yet, even as Am rica revels in the comparative luxury of her new life--daring to care about a man other than Correa--she is faced with the disquieting realization that no matter what she does, she can never really escape her past. |