America's Dream - by Esmeralda Santiago (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Amâerica 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 Amâerica. So when Amâerica 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."--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Lyrical [and] haunting, América's liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering. -- <em>Washington Post</em></strong></p><p><strong>Deftly written and fiercely resilient, <em>América's Dream</em> 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.</strong></p><p>América 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 América. So when América 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. <br/></p><p>Yet, even as América 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[Santiago] establishes herself as a strong and irresistible new voice in fiction...this novel is involving and immediate, truthful and tender." --<strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong><br><br>"I wish I could write like Esmeralda Santiago! Read this book; be inspired."--<strong>Terry McMillan, #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Waiting to Exhale</em> and <em>How Stella Got Her Groove Back</em></strong><br><br>Lyrical [and] haunting, América's liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering.--<strong><em>Washington Post</em></strong><br><br>"Santiago has with this novel firmly established herself as one of the most powerful new voices in American fiction."--<strong><em>Boston Globe</em></strong><br><br>"Thrilling and page-turning. The fabulous journey of America Gonzalez...is laid out masterfully."--<strong><em>Chicago Tribune</em></strong><br>
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