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Synopsis
At eighteen, Soledad couldn't get away fast enough from her contentious family with their endless tragedies and petty fights. Two years later, she's an art student at Cooper Union with a gallery job and a hip East Village walk-up. But when Ta Gorda calls with the news that Soledad's mother has lapsed into an emotional coma, she insists that Soledad's return is the only cure. Fighting the memories of open hydrants, leering men, and slick-skinned teen girls with raunchy mouths and snapping gum, Soledad moves home to West 164th Street. As she tries to tame her cousin Flaca's raucous behavior and to resist falling for Richie - a soulful, intense man from the neighborhood - she also faces the greatest challenge of her life: confronting the ghosts from her mother's past and salvaging their damaged relationship. Evocative and wise, Soledad is a wondrous story of culture and chaos, family and integrity, myth and mysticism, from a Latina literary light.
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Review
Dodie Bellamy
"San Francisco Chronicle"
A vivid, breathing cityscape teeming with raw beauty, danger, and magic.
Mark Rozzo
"Los Angeles Times"
Nobody's ever really given us such a revealing look at New York's Dominican population before...Cruz, in this determinedly real yet often magical novel, offers canny insights into family life.
Katori Hall
"The Boston Globe"
Tinted with the magical realism of Gabriel Garci a Ma rquez, Cruz's first novel is that of man and woman, selective amnesia and persistent memories, redemption and survival.
Dodie Bellamy"San Francisco Chronicle"A vivid, breathing cityscape teeming with raw beauty, danger, and magic.
Katori Hall"The Boston Globe"Tinted with the magical realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cruz's first novel is that of man and woman, selective amnesia and persistent memories, redemption and survival.
Mark Rozzo"Los Angeles Times"Nobody's ever really given us such a revealing look at New York's Dominican population before...Cruz, in this determinedly real yet often magical novel, offers canny insights into family life.
Veronica Chambers Author of "Mama's Girl" In "Soledad, " Angie Cruz presents us with a world of women and the secrets they hold dear. In her able hands, their stories are a prospector's gold, a hidden treasure revealed.
Junot Diaz Author of "Drown" Like "Soledad's" beautiful, troubled protagonist, Angie Cruz is a revelation. She writes with confidence and compassion. She cleaves through the evasions and silences that obscure so much of what we call the "immigrant experience." Cruz writes with the Dominican Diaspora to the bone and conjures up a wild cast of characters that includes witches, thugs, half-hearted college graduates and sentimental would-be Romeos.
Cristina Garcia Author of "Dreaming in Cuban" and "The Aguero Sisters" I had the privilege of having Angie Cruz as a student several years ago and getting an early glimpse of what has blossomed into the lovely, funny, heartbreaking novel "Soledad." Angie Cruz is the real thing. She writes with a rare combination of fierce passion and tender compassion for her unforgettable world.
Maria Hinojosa CNN correspondent and author of "Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son" and "Crews: Gang Members Talk to Maria Hinojosa""Soledad" is an intriguing and engrossing first novel. Washington Heights, New York's Dominican barrio, comes alive in this book, with all of the spirit and complexity of a young Latina's experience -- torn by the street, her homeland, her dreams and her familia. Brava to Angie Cruz for giving us her voice.
Chuck Wachtel Author of "The Gates" and "Joe the Engineer""Soledad" is a place made of voices, a place that is at the heart of our world yet, as the name of its title character implies, a place that is apart from it. It is also a novel that is poignant, engaging, joyful, tragic and possessed of a genuine beauty.
Shay Youngblood Author of "Black Girl in Paris" and "Soul Kiss" In "Soledad, " Cruz has created images and characters that leap off the page and burn in the memory.
Dodie Bellamy "San Francisco Chronicle" A vivid, breathing cityscape teeming with raw beauty, danger, and magic.
Mark Rozzo "Los Angeles Times" Nobody's ever really given us such a revealing look at New York's Dominican population before...Cruz, in this determinedly real yet often magical novel, offers canny insights into family life.
Katori Hall "The Boston Globe" Tinted with the magical realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cruz's first novel is that of man and woman, selective amnesia and persistent memories, redemption and survival."
Dodie Bellamy San Francisco Chronicle A vivid, breathing cityscape teeming with raw beauty, danger, and magic.
Mark Rozzo Los Angeles Times Nobody's ever really given us such a revealing look at New York's Dominican population before...Cruz, in this determinedly real yet often magical novel, offers canny insights into family life.
Katori Hall The Boston Globe Tinted with the magical realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cruz's first novel is that of man and woman, selective amnesia and persistent memories, redemption and survival.
About the Author
Angie Cruz was born and raised in the Washington Heights section of New York City. She is a graduate of SUNY Binghamton and received her MFA from New York University. Her fiction and activist work have earned her the New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Award, and the Bronx Writers' Center Van Lier Literary Fellowship. Cruz lives in New York City. She is the author of Soledad.
Visit the author at www.angiecruz.com.
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