From Pushcart Prize-nominated author Sofia T.
Romero comes a breathtaking debut collection of interrelated stories suffused with magical realism.
In stories that evoke the haunting beauty of New England beaches and resonate with a bittersweet loneliness, Romero blurs the lines between life and death, reality and fantasy.
A deceased woman counsels her sons fiancée on how to be a good wife to him, with disastrous consequences.
A mysterious, commanding cat appears in a young womans home, as inexplicable as the demise of her years-long relationship with her boyfriend.
At turns humorous, sorrowful, and whimsical, this collection spans the familiar setting of a college-town supermarket and eerie dystopias that are not just postpandemic but postart.
Romero masterfully conveys the follies of youth and the regrets of life, and a sense of loss--of a relationship, a child, a time before--pervades each page.
With this remarkable debut, Romero joins the ranks of writers such as Brenda Peynado and Marytza K.
Rubio, offering a superb collection of speculative fiction with a distinctly Latina perspective.
We Have Always Been Who We Are is at its heart a testament to the power of storytelling, and an invitation to develop our inner strength through the imagination.
Wendell Berry
97.86 Lei
