The Book of Unknown Americans

The Book of Unknown Americans
Author: Cristina Henríquez
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0385350856

A stunning novel of hopes and dreams, guilt and love—a book that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American and "illuminates the lives behind the current debates about Latino immigration" (The New York Times Book Review). When fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera sustains a terrible injury, the Riveras leave behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion events that will have profound repercussions for everyone involved. Here Henríquez seamlessly interweaves the story of these star-crossed lovers, and of the Rivera and Toro families, with the testimonials of men and women who have come to the United States from all over Latin America.

Unknown

Unknown
Author: Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 604
Release: 1889
Genre:
ISBN:

The Book of Unknown Americans

The Book of Unknown Americans
Author: Cristina Henríquez
Publisher: Bond Street Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: American Dream
ISBN: 9780385680738

"Arturo and Alma Rivera have lived their whole lives in Mexico. One day, their beautiful fifteen-year-old daughter, Maribel, sustains a terrible injury, one that casts doubt on whether she'll ever be the same. And so, leaving all they have behind, the Riveras come to America with a single dream: that in this country of great opportunity and resources, Maribel can get better. When Mayor Toro, whose family is from Panama, sees Maribel in a Dollar Tree store, it is love at first sight. It's also the beginning of a friendship between the Rivera and Toro families, whose web of guilt and love and responsibility is at this novels core"--Jacket.

Charting the Unknown

Charting the Unknown
Author: Kim Petersen
Publisher: Behler Publications
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2010-07-15
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1933016949

This is Kim Petersen’s memoir recounting how she and her family navigated through death of a child, facing fear of the water, personally building a sixty-five-foot power catamaran and a four thousand mile crossing of the Atlantic Ocean with her husband and two teenaged kids. It’s Eat, Pray, Love on the water.

The Dial

The Dial
Author: Francis Fisher Browne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 672
Release: 1917
Genre: Books
ISBN:

Other World Adventures O.W.A

Other World Adventures O.W.A
Author: Chris Ericson
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1640821899

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