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Geographies of Home: A Novel

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Geographies of Home: A Novel

After leaving the college she'd attended to escape her religiously conservative parents, Iliana, a first-generation Dominican-American woman, returns home to Brooklyn to find that her family is falling apart: one sister is careening toward mental collapse, another sister is living in a decrepit building with her abusive husband and three children, and a third sister has simply disappeared. In this dislocating urban environment Iliana reluctantly confronts the anger and desperation that seem to seep through every crack of her family's small house, and experiences all the contradictions, superstitions, joys, and pains that come from a life caught between two cultures. In this magnificent debut novel, filled with graceful prose and searing detail, Loida Maritza PÃ©rez offers a penetrating portrait of the American immigrant experience as she explores the true meanings of identity, family--and home.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Books
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber part_0140253718
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2000-03-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140253719

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