First Title value, for Searching:
Loca : a novel
First Author value, for Searching:
Heredia, Alejandro, 1994- author.
Format:
Libros
Abstract:
"It's 1999, and best friends Sal and Charo are striving to hold on to their dreams in a New York determined to grind them down. Sal is a book-loving science nerd trying to grow beyond his dead-end job in a new city, but he's held back by tragic memories from his past in Santo Domingo. Free-spirited Charo is surprised to find herself a mother at twenty-five, partnered with a controlling man, working at the same supermarket for years, her world shrunk to the very domesticity she thought she'd escaped in her old country. When Sal finds love at a gay club one night, both his and Charo's worlds unexpectedly open up to a vibrant social circle that pushes them to reckon with what they owe to their own selves, pasts, futures, and, always, each other." -- Dust jacket flap.
Tema:
| Dominican Americans -- Fiction. |
| Friendship -- Fiction. |
| Gay men -- Fiction. |
| Motherhood -- Fiction. |
| Immigrants -- Fiction. |
| Gay characters. |
| Afro-Caribbean gay men. |
| Américains d'origine dominicaine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Amitié -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| Maternité -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction. |
| LGBTQ+ fiction |
| Queer fiction. |
| Historical fiction. |
| Novels. |
| Romans. |
Summary:
"It's 1999, and best friends Sal and Charo are striving to hold on to their dreams in a New York determined to grind them down. Sal is a book-loving science nerd trying to grow beyond his dead-end job in a new city, but he's held back by tragic memories from his past in Santo Domingo. Free-spirited Charo is surprised to find herself a mother at twenty-five, partnered with a controlling man, working at the same supermarket for years, her world shrunk to the very domesticity she thought she'd escaped in her old country. When Sal finds love at a gay club one night, both his and Charo's worlds unexpectedly open up to a vibrant social circle that pushes them to reckon with what they owe to their own selves, pasts, futures, and, always, each other." --
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