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This tender novel tells a universal story of struggle, loss, and ultimately, survival. Arcelia Perez left Puerto Rico for the American dream, but within a few years she's living on the tough side of Providence, Rhode Island with three children, no job, and a powerful heroin addiction. Through rotating narration, we meet a diverse cast of characters—most notably Arcelia's charming, street-savvy son, Cristo, and his teacher, Miss Valentín—whose futures are inextricably linked as they strive to succeed against the odds. Born in Boston and raised in Providence and rural Minnesota, Rachel M. Harper is a graduate of Brown University and the master's program at USC. Her poems and short fiction have been published in the Carolina Review , Chicago Review , African American Review , Prairie Schooner , and the anthology Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers . She was chosen as one of Borders' "Best...

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Author

Harper, Rachel M.

Publisher

Prospect Park Books : Made available through hoopla

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781938849770

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Updated

2026-03-24