America's Dream
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Author(s)Esmeralda Santiago
PublisherHarper Perennial
ISBN / ASIN0060928263
ISBN-139780060928261
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank343,608
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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America Gonzalez has more than her share of concerns. She is a hotel housekeeper on an island off the Puerto Rican coast with an abusive lover, a drinking mother and a 14-year-old daughter who's run off with her boyfriend. So Gonzalez takes a drastic step by taking a job as a housekeeper with an affluent couple in Westchester, New York. Running away from her problems doesn't really work, though, as new worries arise and old problems rear their ugly heads. The novel is Esmeralda Santiago's second consecutive acclaimed work, following on the heels of When I Was Puerto Rican.