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Bet
Ecco
December 2023
On Sale: December 5, 2023
272 pages
ISBN: 0063272490
EAN: 9780063272491
Kindle: B0BXLP9DMG
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Women's Fiction
A Recommended Book From:
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A wry, tender novel about a Peruvian immigrant mother and
a millennial daughter who have one final chance to find
common ground
Thirtysomething Flores and her mother, Paula, still live
in the same Brooklyn apartment, but that may be the only
thing they have in common. It’s been nearly three
years since they lost beloved husband and father
Martín, who had always been the bridge between them.
One day, cleaning beneath his urn, Flores discovers a note
written in her mother’s
handwriting: Perdóname si te falle. Recuerda que
siempre te quise. (“Forgive me if I failed you.
Remember that I always loved you.”) But what
would Paula need forgiveness for?
Now newfound doubts and old memories come flooding in,
complicating each woman’s efforts to carve out a good
life for herself—and to support the other in the same.
Paula thinks Flores should spend her evenings meeting a
future husband, not crunching numbers for a floundering
aquarium startup. Flores wishes Paula would ask for a raise
at her DollaBills retail job, or at least find a best friend
who isn’t a married man.
When Flores and Paula learn they will be forced to move,
they must finally confront their complicated past—and
decide whether they share the same dreams for the future.
Spirited and warm-hearted, Melissa Rivero’s new novel
showcases the complexities of the mother-daughter bond with
fresh insight and empathy.
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