Overview
āDiabolically charming and magnetic. I enjoyed the hell out of this little exploding geyser of a book.āāIra Glass
WhenĀ CatalinaĀ is admitted to Harvard, it feels like the fulfillment of destiny: a miracle child escapes death in Latin America, moves to Queens to be raised by her undocumented grandparents, and becomes one of the chosen. But nothing is simple forĀ Catalina, least of all her own complicated, contradictory, ruthlessly probing mind. Now a senior, she faces graduation to a world that has no place for the undocumented; her sense of doom intensifies her curiosities and desires. She infiltrates the schoolās elite subculturesāinternships and literary journals, posh parties and secret societiesāwhich she observes with the eye of an anthropologist and an interloperās skepticism: she is both fascinated and repulsed. Craving a great romance,Ā CatalinaĀ finds herself drawn to a fellow student, an actual budding anthropologist eager to teach her about the Latin American world she was born into but never knew, even as her life back in Queens begins to unravel. And every day, the clock ticks closer to the abyss of life after graduation. Can she save her family? Can she save herself? What does it mean to be saved?
Brash and daring, part campus novel, part hagiography, part pop song, Catalina is unlike any coming-of-age novel youāve ever readāandĀ Catalina, bright and tragic, circled by a nimbus of chaotic energy, driven by a wild heart, is a character you will never forget.
This book title, Catalina (A Novel), ISBN: 9780593946718, by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, published by Diversified Publishing (July 23, 2024) is available in paperback (large print). Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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