I am not your perfect Mexican daughter / Erika L. Sánchez.
When her sister, considered the perfect Mexican daughter by her parents, dies, Julia tries to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family despite her own grief and her mother's penchant for pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524700485
- ISBN: 1524700487
- Physical Description: 344 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017]
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Sisters > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Grief > Fiction. Mexican Americans > Fiction. |
Available copies
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bronson Branch | YA FIC SAN (Text) | 35403424126766 | Young Adult | Checked out | 04/26/2024 |
Coldwater Branch | YA FIC SAN (Text) | 35401425216156 | Young Adult | Available | - |
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Click an element below to view details:
Summary
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "stunning" (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home. "Alive and crackling--a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. "-- The New York Times Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents' house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga's role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed. But it's not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister's story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal?