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On her wedding day in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1968, Rafaela Acuña y Daubón has mild misgivings, but she marries Peter Brennan Jr. anyway in a blaze of romantic optimism. She has no way of knowing how dramatically her life will change when she uproots her young family to start over in the American Midwest, unleashing a fleet of disappointments. In the 1980s, against the backdrop of her mother’s isolation in St. Louis, Missouri, Rafaela’s daughter, Ruth, wants only to belong. Eager to fit in, Ruth lets go of her language, habits, and childhood memories of Puerto Rico. I

Un escritor que curiosamente responde al nombre de Juan José Millás recibe el encargo del periódico en el que colabora para escribir el que, cree, puede ser su último reportaje. Por ello debe pensar con cuidado el tema que sirva de broche de oro a toda una carrera.

En el Valle del Guajuco, al norte de la Nueva España, existe una creencia ancestral. Es una promesa de amor perpetuo, cuando una dama da su pañuelo a un caballero. Un dulce incidente es la causa por la que Rosario, desconociendo esta creencia, da su pañuelo al Capitán Joaquín y cambia su destino. Rosario es obligada a contraer matrimonio, recibiendo un cruel castigo al oponerse. En cambio, Joaquín, acepta la orden de su padre de contraer matrimonio, persuadido por la promesa de su amante de seguir viéndose. Joaquín, sin saber qué llevó a Rosario a aceptar el matrimonio, la trata ...

The book is the first in a new series of monographs entitled Contemporary American Literature. Chapters: 1. Locating the Portuguese within the Body of Emergent American Literatures; 2. America Through the Eyes of the Educated Immigrant: José Rodrigues Miguéis, Jorge de Sena and Onésimo T. Almeida; 3. Alfred Lewis as a Writer of Transition; 4. Lesser-Known American Voices of Portuguese Descent: Julian Silva, Thomas Braga and Charles Reis Felix; 5. Under the Spotlight of Critical Acclaim: The Writings of Frank Gaspar and Katherine Vaz Born in Portugal in 1961, Reinaldo Francisco Silva ...

The Moon Is Backwards traces the arc of a woman’s life from her childhood in the drought-stricken Northeast of Brazil in the mid-1940s, to her marriage and migration to help build the new capital, Brasília; from an idealistic vision of the future to the brutal reality of the military dictatorship and the constant dangers of her husband’s involvement in the resistance. Through it all, Eva’s love of cooking sustains her as she fights to build a better future for her family and country.

During the summer of 1994, thousands of Cubans were allowed to leave their island on makeshift boats and rafts in hopes of migrating to the United States. These rafters, known as balseros, endured harrowing journeys across the Straits of Florida to reach freedom from tyranny. This story follows four Cubans who embark upon a raft voyage of enduring valor in a quest for freedom as they fight to survive the ocean’s rugged fury, swarms of sharks, and deadly drug runners.

My Future If I am to believe my abuela it lies in the tarot cards she reads. She tells me I will be given a gift soon. The ability to hear the dead. Their voices already trickle inside my mind, so eager to have someone to listen to them. But I don't want this gift. It took my mother away. And I am afraid to find out what it will do to me. Because this gift comes with a price and everyone must pay it.