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The House of Broken Angels (Paperback)
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The House of Broken Angels (Paperback)
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List price R436
Loot Price R390
Discovery Miles 3 900
You Save R46 (11%)
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"All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it.
Not borders. Not death." In his final days, beloved and ailing
patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel,
has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party.
But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies
herself, leading to a farewell doubleheader in a single weekend.
Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little
Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a
father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a
life. Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighborhood,
the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the
lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many
inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both
ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and
sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have
come to call home. The story of the de La Cruzes is the
quintessential American story. This indelible portrait of a complex
family reminds us of what it means to be the first generation and
to live two lives across one border. It takes us into a world we
have not known, while reflecting back the hopes and dreams of our
own families. Teeming with brilliance and humor, authentic at every
turn, The House of Broken Angels is Luis Alberto Urrea at his best,
and cements his reputation as a storyteller of the first rank.
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