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Listening to this book in audio format was perfect. The multiple narrators gave separation to the different stories and helped keep the characters distinct. I was disappointed with the ending of the book -- I felt that the author couldn't quite figure out how to get off stage and rushed extraodinary events as a way to reach resolution. Still, I enjoyed these stories. The discussion at my bookclub was interesting -- it caused the women there to reflect on their own family histories and ancestry s
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I listened to this book on audio CDs from the library, which I would highly recommend. The voices were a wonderful way to keep the characters straight, even when they'd just when introduced, and it drove home how different all the characters were when you could hear the differences in their accents and intonations.
I was first interested in reading The Book of Unknown Americans because Silicon Valley Reads picked it a while back, but I couldn't get to the book in time to really participate in th ...more
I was first interested in reading The Book of Unknown Americans because Silicon Valley Reads picked it a while back, but I couldn't get to the book in time to really participate in th ...more
My library system picked this as a book club read a year or two ago. The description sounded interesting, so I decided to give it a try and I'm so glad I did. The novel is told from multiple perspectives, primarily from Alma and Mayor. Alma is a Mexican immigrant who comes to Delaware with her husband, Arturo, and daughter, Maribel, in the hopes of providing a better chance of recovery for Maribel following a terrible injury. They had a comfortable life in Mexico, but Arturo accepts a job at a m
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A pretty good book, the story revolves around Maribel, a teenager who suffered an accident resulting in TBI. Her parents bring her from Mexico to the US, in hopes that enrolling her in a good school will help heal her brain. They move into a run down apartment complex, filled with lots of kind, interesting neighbors hailing from all parts of Latin America. We hear the perspectives of many characters, but never from Maribel herself. The experiences of her mother as she struggles to adjust to the
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A heart aching book that makes you feel all the feels and start people for who they might be.
A well written, interesting book that gives powerful insight into the modern immigrant experience in America.
Sep 10, 2019
Beth Given
marked it as shelved
Lots of swear words so far, including more than a half-dozen f-words. I’m only about 1/8 in. DNF.
Oct 14, 2014
Kate
marked it as to-read
Nov 03, 2014
Julie
marked it as to-read
Dec 10, 2014
Amy
marked it as to-read
Dec 17, 2014
Taryn
marked it as to-read-dont-own
Jan 01, 2015
Brenda
marked it as to-read
Dec 17, 2015
Sophie
marked it as to-read
May 12, 2017
Amy
marked it as to-read
Jun 04, 2017
Lauren
marked it as to-read
Jul 05, 2018
Brandi
marked it as to-read
Jan 05, 2019
Martha
marked it as to-read
Mar 03, 2019
Ali
marked it as to-read
