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Book Synopsis';Brilliant.' The Washington Post * ';Nuanced and compelling.' The New York Times From the PEN/Hemingway Awardwinning author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, an engrossing dystopian novel set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands turn second-generation immigrants into second-class citizens';a well-imagined allegory of divisive racial politics' (Kirkus Reviews).Iris Prince is starting over. After years of drifting apart, she and her husband are going through a surprisingly drama-free divorce. She's moved to a new house in a new neighborhood, and has plans for gardening, coffee clubs, and spending more time with her nine-year-old daughter Melanie. It feels like her life is finally exactly what she wants it to be.
Then, one beautiful morning, she looks outside her kitchen windowand sees that a wall has appeared in her front yard overnight. Where did it come from? What does it mean? And why does it
