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Iliana believed that by attending a college five hours from New York City, she could gain independence and escape from the watchful eyes of her overprotective & conservative Dominican parents. But she soon realizes that familial bonds are impossibleto break, and that barriers created by time and distance can easily collapse. A disembodied voice that Iliana believes is her mother's haunts her nights with disturbing news about her sisters; Marina is careening toward a mental breakdown; Beatriz has disappeared; Rebecca is trapped in an unhappy marriage. Convinced she might be of help, Iliana reluctantly returns to New York City where she confronts the joys and pains of someone caught between two cultures but who is intent on finding "home".
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"With haunting magic realism reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende, Perez underscores the dual existence every immigrant's child navigates. And she reminds us that even those who make us live through the unthinkable can be redeemed by their power to love". - Latina magazine
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Iliana believes that by attending a college more than five hours from New York City she can become independent and escape the watchful eyes of her overprotective, religiously conservative parents. She soon realizes, however, that familial bonds are impossible to break. A voice that Iliana believes is her mother's haunts her nights with disturbing news about her sisters: Marina is careening toward a mental breakdown; Beatriz has disappeared; Rebecca continues in a marriage in which she and her husband and children are trapped in a brownstone populated by hundreds of hens. Convinced she might be of help, Iliana reluctantly returns to New York City. In this dislocating urban environment, far from her native country, she confronts all the contradictions, superstitions, joys, and pains of someone caught between two cultures but intent on finding a home.
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0670866792
- ISBN 13 9780670866793
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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