America's Dream Lib/E Contributor(s): Santiago, Esmeralda (Author), Santiago, Esmeralda (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1665064331 ISBN-13: 9781665064330 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $53.99 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: April 2021 |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
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. |