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Susan
There are so many things I loved about this. It may be my favorite of Urrea’s yet, which is saying something. It felt real, even though I’ve never lived as part of a sprawling Mexican-American family. All the characters’ hopes, regrets, dreams, successes and failures were things to rejoice in or cry about with them. It took me a while to get into it. But hang in there - it’s definitely worth it. It's semi-autobiographical, and Urrea explains a bit about that in the Coda. There's also a tiny bit ...more
Stacy
Dec 14, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 2018
Jen
Dec 31, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 17tbr, 1copy
Areti
Apr 27, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Susan
Feb 23, 2018 marked it as at-library  ·  review of another edition
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Nov 28, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: npr-2018, uno-yellow
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