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THE GOOD SISTER
This multi-perspective, character-driven debut novel is a study of betrayal and steadfast devotion, and the ways in which our own intolerance can harm what and whom we love mostin the vein of Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You, with the spirit and style of Sandra Cisneros
Winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction
Not yet fifteen, Gabriela Amador Prieto has been cast out of the family home by her father, who believes her shameful behaviour has tarnished the family honour. All traces of her have been removed, and not even Lucy, Gabi's older sister and best friend, knows where she is. Furious at her father and desperate to find her sister, Lucy leaves their small town in Baja California, Mexico and sets out for the capital to track Gabriela down.
While Lucy explores Mexico City's most dangerous neighbourhoods, back at home her familyher brothers, her mother and father, and her brother-in-law, Antoniostruggle with their own role in Gabi's banishment. In the Place of Silence presents a vibrant, captivating portrayal of contemporary Mexico, and of a family torn apart by rigid ideals, secrets and hypocrisy.
CHELSEA BOLAN was born in Spokane, Washington. She holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Washington and a MFA from the University of British Columbia. Her work has appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Seattle Weekly, CutBank, Fourteen Hills, Borderlands, and in Particles on the Wall, an exhibition about Hanford and nuclear issues. She lives in Seattle.
Not yet fifteen, Gabriela Amador Prieto has been cast out of the family home by her father, who believes her shameful behaviour has tarnished the family honour. All traces of her have been removed, and not even Lucy, Gabi's older sister and best friend, knows where she is. Furious at her father and desperate to find her sister, Lucy leaves their small town in Baja California, Mexico and sets out for the capital to track Gabriela down.
While Lucy explores Mexico City's most dangerous neighbourhoods, back at home her familyher brothers, her mother and father, and her brother-in-law, Antoniostruggle with their own role in Gabi's banishment. In the Place of Silence presents a vibrant, captivating portrayal of contemporary Mexico, and of a family torn apart by rigid ideals, secrets and hypocrisy.
CHELSEA BOLAN was born in Spokane, Washington. She holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Washington and a MFA from the University of British Columbia. Her work has appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Seattle Weekly, CutBank, Fourteen Hills, Borderlands, and in Particles on the Wall, an exhibition about Hanford and nuclear issues. She lives in Seattle.
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Published 2016-06-01 by Harper Collins Canada |