Esmeralda Santiago - America's Dream A Novel - New Paperback - S9000z

About this ItemThe item is a book PaperbackThe Author Name is Esmeralda SantiagoThe Title is America's Dream : A NovelCondition NewOther CommentsPages Count - 368. Category - FictionProduct Description -"Lyrical [and] haunting, Amricas liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering."Washington PostDeftly written and fiercely resilient,AmricasDream explores the ever-shifting definition of what it means to be American and exemplifies the spirit of every immigrant who has dared to realize the American dream.Amrica Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on Vieques, an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who dont look her in the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her her married boyfriend, Correa, beats her and their fourteen-year-old daughter thinks life would be better anywhere but with Amrica. So when Amrica is offered the chance to work as a live-in housekeeper and nanny for a family in Westchester, New York, she takes it as a sign to finally make the escape she's been longing for. Yet, even as Amrica revels in the comparative luxury of her new lifedaring to care about a man other than Correashe is faced with the disquieting realization that no matter what she does, she can never really escape her past.We Use Stock ImagesBecause we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item.

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