Peopled with deeply sympathetic characters, this poignant yet unsentimental tale of young love tells a riveting story of unflinching honesty and humanity that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be an American. But as the two grow closer, violence casts a shadow over all their futures in America.
Mayor sees in Maribel something others do not: that beyond her lovely face, and beneath the damage she's sustained, is a gentle, funny, and wise spirit. Every task seems to confront them with language, racial, and cultural obstacles.Īt Redwood also lives Mayor Toro, a high school sophomore whose family arrived from Panamá fifteen years ago. But upon settling at Redwood Apartments, a two-story cinderblock complex just off a highway in Delaware, they discover that Maribel's recovery-the piece of the American Dream on which they've pinned all their hopes-will not be easy.
A dazzling, heartbreaking page-turner destined for breakout status: a novel that gives voice to millions of Americans as it tells the story of the love between a Panamanian boy and a Mexican girl: teenagers living in an apartment block of immigrant families like their own.Īfter their daughter Maribel suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras leave México and come to America.
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