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In “What Night Brings, “ Marci Cruz dreams of becoming a boy and of having her father removed from her life. Facing a harsh family environment, a perplexing religious setting, and a largely unresponsive society, Marci struggles to assert her identity and find her place. The novel explores her coming‑of‑age journey as a Mexican American woman navigating the tensions of family, faith, and self‑definition in California’s working‑class communities.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Coming of Age/Childhood Coming of Age
Authors: Carla Mari Trujillo
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