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Beautifully written and entertaining - Irish Examiner

Cruz once again offers a fresh glimpse of immigration, womanhood, aspiration and gentrification . . . Twelve sessions with a job counsellor provide the framework for Cruz's endearing portrait of a fierce, funny woman . . . told in Cara's unfailingly frank, sometimes hilarious, voice - Washington Post

A taut and poignant novel centred around a 56-year-old Dominican woman grappling with motherhood, acceptance and loss in the midst of the Great Recession . . . Cruz prioritises the importance of seeing an individual's humanity even within the most impersonal of systems -- Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl - New York Times

An acerbic look at the effects that gentrification, recession and racial profiling have had on the immigrant experience -- Irish Times

A story that weaves the impersonal enormity of the system with a deeply personal, believable and engaging narrative . . . By turns hilarious, tender and moving, this short novel packs a mighty big punch -- Business Post

Will have you laughing line after line, even when you wonder if you should be (The answer is always yes! ) . . . Cruz's new novel aims for the heart, and fires - Los Angeles Times

Cruz's latest novel blazes with brilliance, from its first-person character development to its structure to its deliciously slow reveals . . . you can't help but root for Cara - The AV Club

Direct and full of personality . . . turning these pages is like bring invited into a neighbour's kitchen for a good gossip session . . . Cruz has created an unforgettable character in Cara - New York Journal of Books

A tender and quintessentially American portrait - Publishers Weekly

Book Description

From the author of the Women's Prize-shortlisted Dominicana comes an inventive, funny and deeply moving new novel about a Dominican-American woman who has lost her job, her son, and her sense of purpose but is fighting to get it all back.

About the Author

Angie Cruz is the author of the novels Soledad, Let It Rain Coffee, a finalist in 2007 for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and Dominicana, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020. She has published work in the New York Times, VQR, Gulf Coast Literary Journal, and other publications, and has received fellowships from the New York Foundation of the Arts, Yaddo, and the MacDowell Colony. She is founder and editor in chief of Aster(ix), a literary and arts journal, and is an associate professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.
 
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  • ISBN: 9781399806916
  • Author: Angie Cruz
  • Publisher: John Murray
  • Pages: 208
  • Format: Paperback
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Review

Beautifully written and entertaining - Irish Examiner

Cruz once again offers a fresh glimpse of immigration, womanhood, aspiration and gentrification . . . Twelve sessions with a job counsellor provide the framework for Cruz's endearing portrait of a fierce, funny woman . . . told in Cara's unfailingly frank, sometimes hilarious, voice - Washington Post

A taut and poignant novel centred around a 56-year-old Dominican woman grappling with motherhood, acceptance and loss in the midst of the Great Recession . . . Cruz prioritises the importance of seeing an individual's humanity even within the most impersonal of systems -- Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl - New York Times

An acerbic look at the effects that gentrification, recession and racial profiling have had on the immigrant experience -- Irish Times

A story that weaves the impersonal enormity of the system with a deeply personal, believable and engaging narrative . . . By turns hilarious, tender and moving, this short novel packs a mighty big punch -- Business Post

Will have you laughing line after line, even when you wonder if you should be (The answer is always yes! ) . . . Cruz's new novel aims for the heart, and fires - Los Angeles Times

Cruz's latest novel blazes with brilliance, from its first-person character development to its structure to its deliciously slow reveals . . . you can't help but root for Cara - The AV Club

Direct and full of personality . . . turning these pages is like bring invited into a neighbour's kitchen for a good gossip session . . . Cruz has created an unforgettable character in Cara - New York Journal of Books

A tender and quintessentially American portrait - Publishers Weekly

Book Description

From the author of the Women's Prize-shortlisted Dominicana comes an inventive, funny and deeply moving new novel about a Dominican-American woman who has lost her job, her son, and her sense of purpose but is fighting to get it all back.

About the Author

Angie Cruz is the author of the novels Soledad, Let It Rain Coffee, a finalist in 2007 for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and Dominicana, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020. She has published work in the New York Times, VQR, Gulf Coast Literary Journal, and other publications, and has received fellowships from the New York Foundation of the Arts, Yaddo, and the MacDowell Colony. She is founder and editor in chief of Aster(ix), a literary and arts journal, and is an associate professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.
 

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