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After the hurricane : a novel
- Title
- After the hurricane : a novel / Leah Franqui.
- Author
- Franqui, Leah
- Publication
- New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- ©2022
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 22-2522 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 356 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Reminiscent of Gabriela Garcia's Of Women and Salt, Leah Franqui brings us an engrossing, deeply personal novel with a mystery at its heart as a daughter returns to Puerto Rico to search for her troubled father, who has gone missing after Hurricane Maria"--
- From the outside, Elena Vega's life appears to be an easy one: the only child of two professional parents, private school, NYU. But her twenties are aimless and lacking in connection. Something has always been amiss in her life: her father, the brilliant but deeply troubled Santiago Vega. Born in rural Puerto Rico, Santiago arrived in New York as a small child. His harsh, mercurial father returned to the island, leaving Santiago to be raised by his mentally ill mother and his formidable grandmother. An outstanding student, he followed scholarships to Stanford, then Yale Law, marrying Elena's mother along the way. Santiago is the shining star of his migrant family--the one who made it out and struck it rich. But he is a haunted man, plagued by trauma, bipolar disorder, and alcoholism. He's lost contact with Elena over the years and returned to San Juan to wrestle his demons alone. Then Hurricane Maria strikes, and Santiago vanishes. Desperate to know what happened to the father she once adored, Elena returns to Puerto Rico, a place she loved as a child but hasn't seen in years. There she must unravel the truth about who her father is, crisscrossing the storm-swept island and reaching deep into his family tree to find relatives she's never met, each of whom seems to possess a clue about Santiago's fate.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-2522
- ISBN
- 9780063204591
- 0063204592
- LCCN
- 2021037972
- OCLC
- 1337488277
- Author
- Franqui, Leah, author.
- Title
- After the hurricane : a novel / Leah Franqui.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 2017
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-2522