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Things Women Don't Say by Angie Cruz is a forthcoming title fro Flatiron Books...

Fifteen-year-old Ana Canción never dreamed of moving to America, the way the girls she grew up with in the Dominican countryside did. But when Juan Ruiz proposes and promises to take her to New York City, she must say yes. It doesn't matter that he is twice her age, that there is no love between them. Their marriage is an opportunity for her entire close-knit family to eventually immigrate. So on New Year's Day, 1965, Ana leaves behind everything she knows and becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a cold six-floor walk-up in Washington Heights.

Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first time in decades. Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to narrate the story of her life. Over the course of twelve sessions, Cara recounts her tempestuous love affairs, her biting and loving relationships with her neighbor Lulu and her sister Angela, her struggles with debt, gentrification and loss, and what really happened between her and her estranged son, Fernando.

Una niña aprovecha el poder de la música para acortar la distancia entre la República Dominicana y Washington Heights. Este es un debut inolvidable en el género infantil de Angie Cruz, ganadora de múltiples premios y autora de la exitosa novela Dominicana. Angélica ha pasado todo el verano...

A young girl harnesses the power of music to bridge the distance between the Dominican Republic and Washington Heights in this jubilant picture book debut—adapted for audio—by Angie Cruz, bestselling and award-winning author of Dominicana. Angélica has spent the summer in the Dominican...

Ana ha quindici anni, e non ha mai desiderato l'America. Vive a Santo Domingo, in campagna, con la sua famiglia, povera, rumorosa e dall'incerto futuro. La proposta di matrimonio di Juan Ruiz, che le promette una nuova vita a New York, è un'opportunità che non può perdere. È questa l'idea di sua madre, che vede in questa unione una via d'uscita non solo per Ana, ma per tutti i Canción. Non importa che il promesso sposo abbia il doppio dei suoi anni, non importa che non si sia mai parlato d'amore, fra loro due.

Ana Canción, de quince años, nunca soñó con mudarse a Estados Unidos, como lo hicieron las niñas con las que creció en el campo dominicano. Pero cuando Juan Ruiz propone y promete llevarla a la ciudad de Nueva York, ella tiene que decir que sí. No importa que tenga el doble de su edad, que no haya amor entre ellos. Su matrimonio es una oportunidad para que toda su familia unida pueda eventualmente emigrar.

Quando Cara Romero perde il suo posto in fabbrica a causa della Grande Recessione, ha ormai più di cinquant'anni e deve, una volta ancora, ricominciare tutto daccapo. Costretta alla trafila degli uffici di collocamento, in una torrenziale confessione riversa la storia della sua vita su un'anonima consulente del lavoro: le turbolente vicende sentimentali; la nostalgia per la Repubblica Dominicana da cui è fuggita; le relazioni in un condominio newyorkese assediato dalla gentrificazione; la lotta continua per sopravvivere alle difficoltà economiche e alla burocrazia americana.

I dedicated my life's long dream to becoming an author. I knew I had writing skills, but I was afraid I would get rejected by a publishing company. When I started developing these characters in A Lady in the Midmorning Sun two years ago, I realized that I had the opportunity to put it in writing, with pen to paper. This book was about a diverse group of family members who lived near the Grand Canyon National Park/Flagstaff, Arizona, area. The characters had strong family values, love, togetherness, and strengths with a purpose.