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it's now officially available and for 48 hours:
Penguin Random House -- Free Monthly Offer -- exp 30 Sep @ 11:59 AM ET
FREE -- Book of Unknown Americans -- Cristina Henríquez/ various --> 9.2 hrs/ R-4.1 --> literary
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This month's Free Download is here and, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we'd like to share the audio of THE BOOK OF UNKNOWN AMERICANS by Cristina Henriquez!
Click here to download: http://app.snapapp.com/BookOfUnknownAmericans
NOTE: You can also listen on your phone when you download the Volumes app. Free on the App Store℠ for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® in the U.S. and Canada.
Offer is for 48 hours and ends on September 30, 2016 at 11:59 AM ET.
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The Book of Unknown Americans
A boy and a girl who fall in love. Two families whose hopes collide with destiny. An extraordinary novel that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American.
Arturo and Alma Rivera have lived their whole lives in Mexico. One day, their beautiful fifteen-year-old daughter, Maribel, sustains a terrible injury, one that casts doubt on whether she’ll ever be the same. And so, leaving all they have behind, the Riveras come to America with a single dream: that in this country of great opportunity and resources, Maribel can get better.
When Mayor Toro, whose family is from Panama, sees Maribel in a Dollar Tree store, it is love at first sight. It’s also the beginning of a friendship between the Rivera and Toro families, whose web of guilt and love and responsibility is at this novel’s core.
Woven into their stories are the testimonials of men and women who have come to the United States from all over Latin America. Their journeys and their voices will inspire you, surprise you, and break your heart.
Suspenseful, wry and immediate, rich in spirit and humanity, The Book of Unknown Americans is a work of rare force and originality.
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