“A big, messy, warmhearted epic…Generous to the last breath.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Filled with intelligence and wickedly funny cultural commentary, the story builds to an electrifying finale.” — People Magazine Book of the Week
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist comes a powerful and unforgettable portrait of one Mexican American family and the American dream
“One of the most vivid and engrossing family epics of the last twenty years.”—Dave Eggers
One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2018: Entertainment Weekly, Southern Living, The Millions, Chicago Review of Books, Bustle, Nylon, Book Riot, BookBub, San Francisco Weekly
“All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death.”
In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel,…