The last Karankawas : a novel /
Carly Castillo has only ever known Albacore Avenue. Abandoned as a child by her Filipina mother and Mexican-American father, Carly returns each morning from her nursing shift to the house she shares with her grandmother, Magdalena. But when Magdalena slips into dementia, Carly begins to imagine a li...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
[2022].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Carly Castillo has only ever known Albacore Avenue. Abandoned as a child by her Filipina mother and Mexican-American father, Carly returns each morning from her nursing shift to the house she shares with her grandmother, Magdalena. But when Magdalena slips into dementia, Carly begins to imagine a life elsewhere. Jess Rivera, her boyfriend and all-star shortstop turned seaman, treasures the salty, familiar island air. Years ago, he had a chance to leave Galveston for a bigger city with more possibilities. But he didn't then, and he sure as hell won't now. Deftly moving through these characters' lives and those of the individuals who circle them, Mercedes, Jess's undocumented cousin, Kristin, Magdalena's daytime nurse, Luz, the wife of Carly's best friend and Schafer, Jess's coworker out on the gulf, Garza presents a mosaic depiction of everyday survival in southern Texas. As word spreads of a storm gathering strength offshore, building into Hurricane Ike, they each must make a difficult decision, board up the windows and hunker down, or flee inland and abandon their hard-won home. |
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| Physical Description: | 274 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781250819857 1250819857 |