“A mesmerizing patchwork of determination, courage and survival.”
—The Washington Post
“This stunningly accomplished first novel is both epic and intimate.”
—O, the Oprah Magazine
“Gabriela Garcia captures the lives of Cuban women in a world to which they refuse to surrender and she does so with precision and generosity and beauty.”―Roxane Gay, bestselling author of Hunger and Bad Feminist
"Phenomenal . . . readers won’t want to put [it] down." —BUST
“A sweeping tour de force about addiction, displacement, and the legacy of trauma." —Harper's Bazaar