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An utterly unforgettable (Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here) debut novel about a Cuban American family sent into a tailspin when the ailing matriarch confesses the first of several shocking secrets to her daughter.
M?nica Campo is pregnant with her first child when, moments before being wheeled into emergency heart surgery, her mother confesses a long-held secret: M?nicas father is not the man who raised her. But when her mother wakes up and begins having delusional episodes, M?nica doesnt know what to believewhether the confession was real or just a channeling of the telenovela her mother watches nightly.
In her despair, M?nica wants to speak with only one person: her ex-boyfriend of five years, Manny. She cant help but worry, though, what this says about her relationship with her fianc? and father of her unborn child.
M?nicas search for the truth leads her to a new understanding of the pastthe early 80s, when her parents arrived from Cuba on the famous Mariel boatlift, and the tumultuous 70s, a decade after Castros takeover, when some people were still secretly fighting his regimepeople like her mother and the man she claims is M?nicas real father.
Tell It to Me Singing is so fantastic and funny, so full of life, and so full of genuine heart that, like your favorite binge-worthy show, youll have trouble pulling yourself away (Cristina Henr?quez, author of The Great Divide). This rich portrait (Kirkus Reviews) of a family takes readers from Miami to Cuba to the jungles of Costa Rica and, along the way, explores the question of how and to whom we belong, how a life is built, and how we know were home.
Author: Tita Ramirez
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 07/01/2025
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781982157326
Language: English
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