Catalina

𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘

Thank you One World Books for this gifted copy.

𝗔 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗲, 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺.

When Catalina is admitted to Harvard, it feels like the fulfillment of destiny: a miracle child escapes death in Latin America, moves to Queens to be raised by her undocumented grandparents, and becomes one of the chosen. But nothing is simple for Catalina, least of all her own complicated, contradictory, ruthlessly probing mind. Now a senior, she faces graduation to a world that has no place for the undocumented; her sense of doom intensifies her curiosities and desires. She infiltrates the school’s elite subcultures—internships and literary journals, posh parties and secret societies—which she observes with the eye of an anthropologist and an interloper’s skepticism: she is both fascinated and repulsed. Craving a great romance, Catalina finds herself drawn to a fellow student, an actual budding anthropologist eager to teach her about the Latin American world she was born into but never knew, even as her life back in Queens begins to unravel. And every day, the clock ticks closer to the abyss of life after graduation. Can she save her family? Can she save herself? What does it mean to be saved?

💬𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻?😴

AOTD: I swear my body hates me and wakes me up at my normal time or even earlier.😫