Family Lore
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'Undeniably beautiful' Sunday Times
Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides to throw her own living wake, her sisters are concerned. What has she foreseen?
Planning the celebration brings further complications for the Marte family, because Flor isn't the only person with secrets: her sisters are hiding things, too. And the next generation, cousins Ona and Yadi, face tumult of their own.
Family Lore traces the intertwining stories of five women: sisters and cousins, mothers and daughters, aunts and nieces, to ask the ultimate question - what does it take to live a good life, for yourself and those you love?
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The story spans only three days, but it takes us on a journey of three generations of the women of the Marte family.
This Dominican American family is worth every word written about them, and every sentence is aiming towards a gathering of strong, imperfect women with a thirst for life. They all have powers, but most of all, they have a heart. Burdened by personal and historical restrictions and struggles, they're all fighting for themselves one way or another, not wanting to be defined by the men and husbands in their lives. At the center is Flor who is throwing herself a living wake, inspired by a patriarch she'd seen doing the exact same thing on TV. Her power is predicting death, but what she wants is to live, sing and dance. At the days leading to the wake, her daughter Ona is doing interviews with the family members, and thus telling their stories. I have to admit that at times I've zoned out while reading, just letting paragraphs wash over me. But every couple of pages the narration had me back again at the edge of my seat, with a need to dive further into these women's lives. A book that will stay with you for a while 4/5 stars Thank you @netgalley and @canongatebooks for the eARC!
Description
'Undeniably beautiful' Sunday Times
Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides to throw her own living wake, her sisters are concerned. What has she foreseen?
Planning the celebration brings further complications for the Marte family, because Flor isn't the only person with secrets: her sisters are hiding things, too. And the next generation, cousins Ona and Yadi, face tumult of their own.
Family Lore traces the intertwining stories of five women: sisters and cousins, mothers and daughters, aunts and nieces, to ask the ultimate question - what does it take to live a good life, for yourself and those you love?
Book Information
Posts
The story spans only three days, but it takes us on a journey of three generations of the women of the Marte family.
This Dominican American family is worth every word written about them, and every sentence is aiming towards a gathering of strong, imperfect women with a thirst for life. They all have powers, but most of all, they have a heart. Burdened by personal and historical restrictions and struggles, they're all fighting for themselves one way or another, not wanting to be defined by the men and husbands in their lives. At the center is Flor who is throwing herself a living wake, inspired by a patriarch she'd seen doing the exact same thing on TV. Her power is predicting death, but what she wants is to live, sing and dance. At the days leading to the wake, her daughter Ona is doing interviews with the family members, and thus telling their stories. I have to admit that at times I've zoned out while reading, just letting paragraphs wash over me. But every couple of pages the narration had me back again at the edge of my seat, with a need to dive further into these women's lives. A book that will stay with you for a while 4/5 stars Thank you @netgalley and @canongatebooks for the eARC!