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Recommended by Library Journal, Elias Miguel Munoz's fourth novel introduces Gina Domingo, who has been called the female version of Salinger's Holden Caulfield. Fourteen-year-old Gina's quest for identity in California's pop culture and for freedom from overprotective parents takes a sudden turn when her Cuban grandmother comes to visit. Her bizarre abuelita enchants Gina with stories of Cuba that drift across the young woman's mind like beloved movies. Before Gina can say "there's no place like home," she realizes that Estela's stories and letters have recreated Gina's heritage, a past of pain and great beauty. Gina travels to Cuba to meet her relatives and to encounter the missing pieces that place her contemporarily within her family history. In doing so, she understands that she and Estela are already creating a brand-new memory of self. --Susan Swartwout
Book Description
Gina Domingo lives in the world of California pop culture. Like Salinger's Holden Caulfield or the heroines of Joyce Carol Oates's Foxfire, Gina is a voice so engrossing in her perception of herself, her Cuban American family and friends--that we find ourselves mesmerized.
Brand New Memory,Elias Miguel Munoz,Arte Publico Press,1558852271,California, Southern,Cuban Americans,Fiction,Fiction - General,General,Hispanic American Novel And Short Story,Literary,Popular American Fiction,Popular culture,Teenage girls
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