false 4680339 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 4680339 1 4730878 2 4 2009 The World in Half total:65|5:21|4:17|3:23|2:4|1:0| 65 250 154 16 84994 3.95 132 38 51596385 2022367 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 5 1 false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 13:07:40 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 13:49:11 -0700 2009 I read her first book, "Come Together, Fall Apart" & was looking forward to the release of her new book & Ms. Henriquez does not disappoint.
Ms. Henriquez's writing elicits so many emotions from the reader with her direct, yet...more...]]> 55942749 1346620 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 4 0 false Wed May 13 11:02:53 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 11:06:24 -0700 2009
As you learn about the mother,...more...]]> 61444096 558540 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 3 0 false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 19:02:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 15:00:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49590201 2092320 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 5 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 14:35:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 20:14:25 -0700 2009
This book hit me in my emotional core, way more than I thought it would. Having just returned from a trip to Europe, the purpose of whihc was one part travel, one part visiting a friend and one part finding myself, I related to the ...more...]]> 57381397 1642267 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 3 0 false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 10:59:06 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 13:38:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61785524 1210148 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 12:10:54 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 12:10:54 -0700 2009 52757288 214234 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 3 0 false Wed Apr 15 06:21:44 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 06:23:55 -0700 2009 Time Out New York]]> 59492910 1522089 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 0 0 false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 03:24:18 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 03:26:48 -0700 2009 72106266 893643 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 3 0 false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 07:59:52 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 08:12:43 -0700 2009 50213243 848986 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 5 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 15:11:43 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 07:52:44 -0700 2009 67492351 190260 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 5 0 false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 09:17:41 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 11:52:23 -0700 2009 55121441 999299 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 5 0 false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 05:30:27 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 15:32:50 -0700 2009 67910226 752423 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 4 0 false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Aug 18 12:02:21 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 15:00:23 -0800 2009 68753142 2501898 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 4 0 false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 17:31:33 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 08:56:37 -0700 2009 63349507 2519758 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 5 0 false Mon Jul 13 17:08:33 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 17:09:17 -0700 2009 51318518 884237 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 5 1 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 17:18:16 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 17:18:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 82450882 340463 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 3 0 false Tue Dec 29 11:17:25 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 29 11:17:25 -0800 2009 81920469 3067919 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 0 0 false Wed Dec 23 22:12:17 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 23 22:12:17 -0800 2009 81873480 987664 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 0 0 false Wed Dec 23 12:11:43 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 23 12:11:47 -0800 2009 81821818 1852193 4680339 159448855X 9781594488559 16 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-m-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/46/339/4680339-s-1255663545.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4680339.The_World_in_Half 3.85 65 From the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart comes a mesmerizingly beautiful first novel about family, home, loss, and forgiveness that more than fulfills the promise of her earlier work.

Miraflores has never known her father, and until now, she’s never thought that he wanted to know her. She’s long been aware that her mother had an affair with him while she was stationed with her then husband in Panama, and she’s always assumed that her pregnant mother came back to the United States alone with his consent. But when Miraflores returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up, to care for her mother at a time of illness, she discovers that her mother and father had a greater love than she ever thought possible, and that her father had wanted her more than she could have ever imagined.

In secret, Miraflores plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man whose love she hopes can heal her mother—and whose presence she believes can help her find the pieces of her own identity that she thought were irretrievably lost. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life completely.

In gorgeous, shimmering prose, Cristina Henríquez delivers a triumphant and heartbreaking first novel: the story of a young woman reconciling an existence between two cultures and confronting a life of hardship with an endless capacity to learn, love, and forgive.]]> 2009 0 0 false Tue Dec 22 20:01:48 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 22 20:01:48 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4680339