by Esmeralda Santiago · Virago · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781860491368
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«America's Dream» is the contemporary novel by Esmeralda Santiago, published by Virago in paperback (325 pages, in English).
América González, a hotel employee in Puerto Rico, lives with an alcoholic mother, a violent boyfriend and a teenage daughter who wants to leave. When she is offered a job as a live-in domestic and nanny in New York, América tries to start over, but discovers that her past still conditions her present.
The first US edition, from HarperCollins, is 1996; this British edition is from Virago (1997).
Suitable for reading groups and readers of contemporary fiction interested in the Latinx experience and the cultural clash between Puerto Rico and the United States.
Esmeralda Santiago is a Puerto Rican author known for her narrative memoirs and trans-cultural writing. Her impact extends beyond cultivating narratives as she paves the way for more coming-of-age stories about being a Latina in the United States, alongside navigating cultural dissonance through acculturation.
