America's Dream

by Santiago, Esmeralda
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ISBN: 9780063074132
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It's 1996, and 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.

Deftly written and fiercely resilient, this novel 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.

--Chicago Tribune
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Santiago, Esmeralda
  • ISBN: 9780063074132
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.90 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 368
  • Publication Year: 2021
Language: English

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