{"product_id":"are-we-ever-our-own-9781950774616","title":"Are We Ever Our Own","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoving between Cuba and the U.S., the stories in \u003ci\u003eAre We Ever Our Own\u003c\/i\u003e trace the paths of the women of the far-flung Armando Castell family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRelated but unknown to each other, these women are exiles, immigrants, artists, outsiders, all in search of a sense of self and belonging. The owner of a professional mourning service investigates the disappearance of her employees. On the eve of the Cuban revolution, a young woman breaks into the mansion where she was once a servant to help the rebels and free herself. A musician in a traveling troupe recounts the last day she saw her father.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLinked by theme and complex familial bonds, these stories shift across genres and forms to excavate the violence wreaked on women’s bodies and document the attempt to create something meaningful in the face of loss. They ask: who do we belong to? What, if anything, belongs to us? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAre We Ever Our Own\u003c\/i\u003e is a cabinet of wonders filled with uncanny intersections between the mythic and the daily, the spectral and the earthed…. Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes writes with marvelous insight into how the untold stories of the past can continue to haunt the present, and crafts structures that delight and devastate in equal measure—that feel as immense as time itself.”\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cb\u003e—Laura van den Berg, author of \u003ci\u003eI Hold a Wolf by the Ears\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Third Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes writes with the poetic fierceness of Lorca, exploring multiple subjectivities in this lyrical story collection on love and art, loss and violence. Fuentes is a poignant and powerful voice in Latinx literature—and beyond.”\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cb\u003e—Patricia Park, author of \u003ci\u003eRe Jane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAre We Ever Our Own\u003c\/i\u003e reads like an arpeggio: the individual stories strike clear, distinctive notes that, when abutted, come together into a rich, resonant chord. From contemporary Marfa, Texas to revolutionary Cuba, from literal ghosts to implicit ones, the characters are entirely singular and individually rewarding, yet somehow—as the title suggests—somehow feel quietly present in each subsequent narrative. Though spirits and spells indeed appear in these pages, Fuentes doesn't simply write about magic in this collection; she's created it.”\u003cbr\u003e      \u003cb\u003e—Xhenet Aliu, author of \u003ci\u003eBrass\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDomesticated Wild Things, and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The stories in Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes’ \u003ci\u003eAre We Ever Our Own\u003c\/i\u003e will haunt readers long after they’ve finished. And perhaps that’s the point. Inventive, hallucinatory, chilling, and globe-spanning, this collection commands attention.\"\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cb\u003e—Chantel Acevedo, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Distant Marvels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020980289879,"sku":"9781950774616","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781950774616.jpg?v=1750784881","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/are-we-ever-our-own-9781950774616","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}