America Is Not the Heart
Elaine Castillo‘This book is it: one of the best debut novels (and novels, period) of recent years’ Elle’Blazingly fearless’ Observer’Radical… I was startled at how moved I was’ GuardianHow many lives can one person lead in a single lifetime? When Hero De Vera arrives in America, disowned by her parents in the Philippines, she’s already on her third. Her uncle, Pol, who has offered her a fresh start and a place to stay in the Bay Area, knows not to ask about the first and second. And his younger wife, Paz, has learned enough about the might and secrecy of the De Vera family to keep her head down. Only thei …
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