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America's Dream
A Novel
Author: Esmeralda Santiago
Narrator: Esmeralda Santiago
Unabridged: 12 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 04/06/2021
Category: Fiction - Hispanic & Latino
Synopsis
"Lyrical [and] haunting, America’s liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering." — Washington PostDeftly written and fiercely resilient, America’s Dream explores the ever-shifting definition of what it means to be American and exemplifies the spirit of every immigrant who has dared to realize the American dream.America Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on Vieques, an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who don’t look her in the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her; her married boyfriend, Correa, beats her; and their fourteen-year-old daughter thinks life would be better anywhere but with America. So when America is offered the chance to work as a live-in housekeeper and nanny for a family in Westchester, New York, she takes it as a sign to finally make the escape she's been longing for.
Yet, even as America revels in the comparative luxury of her new life—daring to care about a man other than Correa—she is faced with the disquieting realization that no matter what she does, she can never really escape her past.
Yet, even as America revels in the comparative luxury of her new life—daring to care about a man other than Correa—she is faced with the disquieting realization that no matter what she does, she can never really escape her past.