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Young lovers Héctor and Lilia dream of a brighter future in the United States, but their dream turns to a nightmare when their infant daughter vanishes during the crossing from Mexico. Four years later, back in their hometown of Oaxaca, the couple have a toddler son and another baby on the way when they receive a tip that might lead to their long-lost daughter. Héctor works illegal jobs to earn money for the journey north, and a bedridden Lilia awaits the birth of their third child while obsessively reliving the worst mistakes of her past. Michel Stone gives us a raw and heart-wrenching portrait of a family strained to the breaking point by the unexpected consequences of their hopes for a better life. MICHEL STONE is the author of The Iguana Tree , and has published more than a dozen stories and essays in various journals and magazines. Her work has appeared numerous times in the Raleigh News Observer s Emerging Southern Writers series. Stone is a 2011 recipient of the South Carolina Fiction Project Award. She lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Book specifications: Dimensions: 201 x 132 Author: Michel Stone Cover type: Paperback Publishing Year: 2018 Publishing Month: 8 Pages: 272 Language: English Publisher: Anchor Books Weight: 295 g
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