The book of unknown Americans

Cristina Henríquez

earliest edition we have, 2014 Canongate, 2014

After their daughter Maribel suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras leave Mexico and come to America. But upon settling at Redwood Apartments, a two-story cinderblock complex just off a highway in Delaware, they discover that Maribel's recovery-the piece of the American Dream on which they've pinned all their hopes-will not be easy. Every task seems to confront them with language, racial, and cultural obstacles....

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Editions we hold

Book of Unknown Americans edition · 2019 · Canongate Books · 304 pages · 9781782111221
The book of unknown Americans edition · 2015 · Vintage Contemporaries · 285 pages · 9780345806406
The Book Of Unknown Americans edition · 2014 · Thorndike Press · 419 pages · 9781410474322
The book of unknown Americans edition · 2014 · Canongate · 9781782111191
The book of unknown Americans edition · 2014 · Bond Street Books, Doubleday Canada · 285 pages · 9780385680738
Book of Unknown Americans edition · 2014 · Canongate Books · 9781782111214
The Book of Unknown Americans audiobook · 2014 · Random House Audio · 9780804191425

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