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Erika L. Sánchez

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican-American home.

Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents' house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family.
But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga's role.
Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.
But it's not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect…
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  • Мариshared an impression4 years ago
    👍Worth reading
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    What a great book! And I love that it takes place in my city.

  • Ceciliuxshared an impression5 years ago
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    💡Learnt A Lot
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    Un libro que vale totalmente la pena. La lectura es muy fácil y creo que aprendí muchas cosas.

  • aicirtaPshared an impressionlast year
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Quotes

  • más o menos Perlahas quoted5 years ago
    I’m not sure what it means to be proud of myself yet, but I’m trying to learn
  • gizelhamelyhas quoted3 months ago
    Amá has taken away my phone, so I call Connor every day after school from what I believe is the only remaining pay phone in the city.

    Setting

  • aicirtaPhas quotedlast year
    If I end up being an office lady who wears slacks and changes into white sneakers to walk home from the train, I’ll just jump off a skyscraper.

    same

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