By Erika L. Sánchez
- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (October 17, 2017)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1524700487
- ISBN-13: 978-1524700485
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets
Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny
contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures,
expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican-American home.
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 kiss, 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?
To read an excerpt visit http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545723/i-am-not-your-perfect-mexican-daughter-by-erika-l-sanchez/
Erika L. Sánchez is a poet, a feminist, and a cheerleader for
young women everywhere. She was the sex and love advice columnist for Cosmopolitan
for Latinas for three years, and her writing has appeared in the Rolling
Stone, Salon, and the Paris Review. Since she was a 12-year-old nerd
in giant bifocals and embroidered vests, Erika has dreamed of writing complex,
empowering stories about girls of color—what she wanted to read as a
young adult. She lives in Chicago, not far from the setting of I Am Not Your
Perfect Mexican Daughter. Erika is fluent in Spanish, Spanglish, and cat.
You can find out more about her at erikalsanchez.com or @erikalsanchez.
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