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Winner of The Center for Fiction's 2021 First Novel Prize

'A gorgeously written, Franzen-calibre tale' O Magazine

In this vivid, darkly funny and beautifully rendered debut novel, Kirstin Valdez Quade brings to life the struggles of five generations of the Padilla family. Amadeo, struggling to stay off the bottle, Angel, his pregnant fifteen-year-old daughter, Yolanda, the family matriarch, reeling from a recent discovery, Angel's mother, who Angel isn't speaking to and Tío Tive, keeper of the family's history. But amid the challenges they face individually and together, it is Connor, Angel's baby, who might just be the one to save the family from themselves.

Winner of The Center for Fiction's 2021 First Novel Prize

'A gorgeously written, Franzen-calibre tale' O Magazine

In this vivid, darkly funny and beautifully rendered debut novel, Kirstin Valdez Quade brings to life the struggles of five generations of the Padilla family. Amadeo, struggling to stay off the bottle, Angel, his pregnant fifteen-year-old daughter, Yolanda, the family matriarch, reeling from a recent discovery, Angel's mother, who Angel isn't speaking to and Tío Tive, keeper of the family's history. But amid the challenges they face individually and together, it is Connor, Angel's baby, who might just be the one to save the family from themselves.

Über den Autor
Kirstin Valdez Quade
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781788168380
ISBN-10: 1788168380
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Quade, Kirstin Valdez
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Profile Books Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 196 x 127 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Kirstin Valdez Quade
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.07.2022
Gewicht: 0,334 kg
Artikel-ID: 120522631