How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
Angie Cruz
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Hardback
h222 x 138mm - 208pg
16 Feb 2023 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781399806893
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' Cruz once again offers a fresh glimpse of immigration, womanhood, aspiration and gentrification . . . told in Cara' s unfailingly frank, sometimes hilarious, voice' Washington PostWrite this down: Cara Romero wants to work. When Cara left the Dominican Republic for America, she thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But when the Great Recession hits, she is left unemployed and struggling with the rising rent. To survive, Cara must start again. Set up with a job counsellor, Cara' s future is to be determined through forms and questionnaires. But answer boxes can' t contain her indomitable personality and tempestuous past, and over the course of twelve sessions we learn of her scandals and struggles, hopes and heartbreaks, why she came to America and what really happened to her son. When everything is lost, sometimes the only way forward is to go back to the start.
Angie Cruz is the author of the novels Soledad,Let It Rain Coffee, a finalist in 2007 for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. , and Dominicana, which was shortlisted for the Women' s Prize for Fiction 2020. She has published work in the New York Times,VQR,Gulf Coast Literary Journal, and other publications, and has received fellowships from the New York Foundation of the Arts, Yaddo, and the MacDowell Colony. She is founder and editor in chief of Aster(ix), a literary and arts journal, and is an associate professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781399806893
Published: 16 Feb 2023
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: John Murray Publishers
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 222mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 208

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