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America Is Not the Heart

America Is Not the Heart

by ElaineCastillo (Author), Elaine Castillo (Author)

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    Hardcover 2018

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Synopsis

'This book is it: one of the best debut novels (and novels, period) of recent years' Elle

'Blazingly fearless' Observer

'Radical... I was startled at how moved I was' Guardian

How many lives can one person lead in a single lifetime? When Hero De Vera arrives in America, disowned by her parents in the Philippines, she's already on her third. Her uncle, Pol, who has offered her a fresh start and a place to stay in the Bay Area, knows not to ask about the first and second. And his younger wife, Paz, has learned enough about the might and secrecy of the De Vera family to keep her head down. Only their daughter Roni asks Hero why her hands seem to scream with hurt at the steering wheel of the car she drives to collect her from school, and only Rosalyn, the fierce but open-hearted beautician, has any hope of bringing Hero back from the dead.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 416
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 03 May 2018
ISBN 10: 178649129X
ISBN 13: 9781786491299

Media Reviews
Blazingly fearless... Castillo is hugely talented * Observer *
Radical... I was startled at how moved I was -- Rowan Hisayo Buchanan * Guardian *
Critical and compelling * New York Times *
The next big thing... It has drama and tragedy in spades, but it also has so much love of every kind spilling out of it pages that I closed it each night with a huge, warm smile * The Paris Review *
This book is it: one of the best debut novels (and novels, period) of recent years * Elle *
Entrancing and magnificent. Don't say you were not told. Dazzling. * NoViolet Bulawayo, Booker-shortlisted author of 'We Need New Names' *
Epic, soaring, brilliant * Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti *
Epic in its scale, sharp-as slam-poetry on the sentence level. Profound and mesmerising. * Meena Kandasamy, author of 'When I Hit You' *
Beautifully tender, and a powerfully crafted portrayal of intimacy and the rawness of human emotion that will linger with you long after you've finished reading it. * Otegha Uwagba, author of the Sunday Times bestseller 'Little Black Book' *
An intimate epic about immigrant women's losses, triumphs and desires. A bold, tender debut; its characters thrum with life. * Luiza Sauma, author of 'Flesh and Bone and Water' *
Glorious... a sharp, bracing, often hilarious family epic about a young woman tormented by the relentless ghosts of her past while in search of an American Dream that is not always available to those who seek it. * Samantha Irby, New York Times Bestselling author of 'We Are Never Meeting in Real Life' *
Wondrous. A nimble, vibrant, deeply moving feat, full of heart, humour and wisdom. * Irenosen Okojie, author of 'Speak Gigantular' *
This is the book I didn't know I needed. This unexpected family, this history, this embrace of the sacred and the profane, this easy humour, this deeply felt human-ness, this messy, perfect love story. * Jade Chang, bestselling author of 'Wangs vs the World' *
A sprawling tale of three generations of Filipino women, this wonderful book encompasses everything from political upheaval to familial understanding. * Stylist *
Elaine Castillo's full-throated debut, America is Not the Heart is quite simply one of the best first novels I've ever read. * John Freeman, Lit Hub *
If peaches were the most tender fruit of 2017 thanks to Call Me By Your Name, this year prepare to have your heart melted by a persimmon. * AnOther Magazine *
In this complex, nuanced novel, Castillo delves into a reality too often ignored by mainstream America, uncovering universal emotional truths along the way. * Harper's Bazaar, best April books *
Castillo emerges as one of 2018's boldest new voices with this debut. * Entertainment Weekly *
There is so much to love about this book - its depiction of class, society, the search for belonging and how it feels to be a woman and an immigrant, a depiction all the more poignant in the current climate * The Pool *
Author Bio
Elaine Castillo was born, raised and lives in the Bay Area.