Jennine Capó Crucet's sharp, authentic debut is the coming - of - age tale of Cuban - American Lizet, who leaves her family in Miami for a prestigious Northeastern university,
only to return home to an
immigration battle inspired by the true
story of Elián González.
The characters in Molly Antopol's brilliant debut collection of
stories are «Unamerican» in many ways — some are secretly members of the Communist Party, while others are grappling with the stresses of
immigration, of trying to find meaning in a society that mostly
only values the resolute forward march.