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Overview

Now in paperback, the "beautiful" (Chicago Sun-Times) novel from the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart.

Miraflores never knew her father, and never thought he wanted to know her. But when she returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up to care for her ailing mother, she discovers that her mother and father were greatly in love, and that her father had wanted a daughter more than she could have imagined. Now, Miraflores secretly plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man she hopes can heal her mother-and who can help her find the pieces of her own identity. What she finds is unexpected, exhilarating, and holds the power to change the course of her life.

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In her debut novel, Henríquez, author of the short story collection Come Together, Fall Apart, explores the depths of love in an unconventional family and a foreign land. In suburban Chicago, young, unsure Miraflores finds herself caught between finishing college and caring for her mother, who has developed premature Alzheimer's disease. While tending to her mother, Mira uncovers a startling secret regarding her Panamanian father, long a forbidden topic; Mira had been told that he abandoned them prior to her birth, but there seems to be more to the story. To find him, and hopefully some perspective, Mira takes an extended vacation to Panama where he remains a citizen. There, Mira makes friends with elderly doorman Hernán and his young relative Danilo and,with their help, pursues every possible lead to her father. While Mira's quest for identity and family stability unfolds, the friendship between her and Danilo deepens, and soon she finds herself with feelings for the energetic, handsome, occasionally abrasive young man. A closely observed tale of relationships with some astute parallels between human interaction and subterranean geology, Henríquez's novel also benefits from a strong sense of place and plotting.
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A college student journeys to Panama to track down the father she never knew in this debut novel from Henr'quez (Come Together, Fall Apart, 2006). The product of an adulterous affair between a military wife and a Panama Canal worker, Miraflores (Mira) Reid was raised by single mom Catherine to believe that her biological father had no interest in being a part of her life. Mira is shocked, then, to discover a stash of letters testifying to Gatun Gallardo's passionate yearning to be with her and her mother; it was Catherine who decided they should be apart. Unfortunately, confronting Mom is not really an option, since she is suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's and becoming more helpless each day. Anxious to find out more about Gatun's world, Mira hires a health aide to look after Catherine, takes a leave from school and jets down to Panama to find him. Shortly after arriving in the tropical splendor of Central America, she meets a semi-employed young charmer named Danilo all too eager to help out the pretty tourist. His uncle Hernan also takes a liking to her, in a more paternal way, and she stays with the two bachelors while hitting one dead end after another. Danilo, it turns out, knows more than he lets on, and Mira's poignant discovery of what actually happened to her dad complicates their burgeoning relationship. Back in Chicago, Mira has to deal with her mother's worsening condition and her own lingering anger over the family life they could have had. It is a lot for a young person to handle, as Mira is forced to face her fears and learn from Catherine's mistakes. The talented Henr'quez writes plenty of soaring passages, and Danilo is a wonderful character; but like its conflictedheroine, the novel seems unsure whether it belongs in Chicago or Panama. Thoughtful travelogue whose terrain includes the mother/daughter minefield. Author appearances in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Texas, Chicago. Agent: Kate Lee/ICM

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781594484391
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 2/2/2010
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 320
  • Sales rank: 576,040
  • Product dimensions: 5.00 (w) x 7.90 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Cristina Henriquez

Cristina Henríquez is the author of Come Together, Fall Apart: A Novella and Stories and the forthcoming novel The World In Half. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Glimmer Train, Ploughshares, TriQuarterly, and AGNI, and her non-fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Oxford American, and Preservation. She was featured in Virginia Quarterly Review as one of "Fiction's New Luminaries," and is a recipient of the Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation Award, a grant started by Sandra Cisneros in honor of her father.

She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She lives with her husband in Chicago.

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  • Posted May 14, 2010

    Hard to Put Down

    I was very taken by this book. It was difficult to put it down. But at the end, I was unsatisfied. I wanted there to be a different resolution between Mira and Danilo (but that is just the romantic in me). And, I wanted there to be some resolution between Mira and her mother about what had happened with her father. But still, I give the book a high rating because it was so engaging and enjoyable to read.
    Of course, there were some things about the story that were difficult to accept at first. Would Mira have really accepted the invitation to stay with Hernan and Danilo? Would Danilo have held back on making a sexual/romantic advance toward Mira? Would she really have been so inept on her initial investigation efforts to find her father in Panama? But this kind of nit picking can be done with almost all fiction, I believe. You cannot spend too much time wondering about issues like these, unless the situations are so contrived that it is ridiculous, and that was not the situation here.

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  • Posted April 11, 2009

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    Beautifully written -- an extremely satisfying read

    This is a beautifully written novel punctuated by a number of almost poetic passages. The story really takes off when Mira heads to Panama, and once she meets Danilo, you won't want to put this book down. An extremely satisfying read -- highly recommended!

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  • Posted March 19, 2009

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    A wonderful read.

    Mira had grown up thinking that her father never cared for or wanted to meet her. When her mother falls ill and she moves in to help nurse her, Mira is shocked to discover through old letters that her father had never willingly given her up. With this knowledge in mind, she journeys to Panama, her father's place of origin, to find the father she never knew. While on this journey she makes friends, explores her other half and discovers things about life and herself she may never have imagined.

    Mira had always known that she was born from the adulterous affair between her mother who was married to an American service man stationed in Panama and a Panamanian canal worker. What her mother never told her was that her father, Gatun, did not even know that her mother was pregnant before she returned to America. Gatun was devastated by the loss of the woman he loved but also by the child that she was having in whose life he would not share. Through her parents' old correspondence, Mira sees that her father tried to get her mother to return to Panama so that they could have a life together. Mira's journey to find her lost father is one that takes you through the rich landscape of Panama. You learn about the history of the Panama canal and are drawn into the lives of its inhabitants. The most important person that Mira meets in Panama is Danilo, a potty mouthed, trash talking flower seller. He seems to be full of a lot of hot air but you find that there is more than meets the eye as you get to know him better. He joins Mira on her quest to find her father and proves to be an invaluable source of information.

    One of the best things about this book is that it never resorts to the melodramatic. It is very quiet in its narration and I think that this is echoed in the personality of our main character, Mira. Mira is not overly brave, overly popular or overly daring. She is a young woman who is just trying to make sense of her life and the father she thought never wanted her and a mother whose health will never improve. It is tinged with sadness as you watch Mira's journey and explore her mother's history. Its a book that stays with you long after you are done. It is also not a book filled with predictability and cliches as things may not turn out just how you envisioned. There were moments in the book that seemed a bit far fetched like when she moves in with complete strangers but all in all, I would recommend. 4.5/5

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