The book of unknown Americans
(2015, original release: 2014)
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
FICTION/HENRIQUEZ,C
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Vintage Contemporaries, 2015
©2014
©2014
EDITION
First Vintage Contemporaries edition
DESCRIPTION
285 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780385350846, 0385350848 :, 0345806409 (Vintage Books trade paperback), 9780345806406, 0345806409, 1101911859, 9781101911853, 9780345806406
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014
A boy and a girl fall in love. The hopes of two families collide with destiny. After fifteen year old Maribel sustains a terrible injury, the only hope her family sees for her recovery lies in the United States. Leaving a comfortable life behind in Mexico, the Riveras risk everything to come north. It's not long after they settle that Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, recognizes a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider