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Taína

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Taína

A uniquely dark, coming-of-age novel rife with urban magical realism, love, and redemption, from the author of Bodega Dreams

When Julio, a teenager living in Spanish Harlem, hears that Taina, a pregnant fifteen-year-old from his high school claims to be a virgin, he decides to believe her. Julio has a history of strange visions and his blind and unrequited love for Taina will unleash a whirlpool of emotions that will bring him to question his hard-working Puerto Rican mother and his communist Ecuadorian father, his beliefs and even the building blocks of modern science (after seeing the conception of Tainaâ€™s baby as a revolution in nature).Â

After meeting TaÃna's uncle, "El Vejigante", an ex-con with a dark past, he accepts his proposal to support her during her pregnancy and becomes entangled in a web of crime that, while taking him closer to TaÃna, ultimately reveals a family secret that will not leave him unscathed.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781984897480
Color Gold
ReleaseDate 2019-09-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781984897480

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