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Lizet, daughter of Cuban immigrants and the first in her family to earn a high school diploma, secretly applies to a prestigious college. When her parents’ sudden divorce and the sale of her childhood home threaten her plans, she is forced to juggle the demands of higher education with supporting her mother and her older sister, a newly single mother struggling to find a stable home and income. Faced with these challenges, Lizet confronts difficult choices that will shape her future and the lives of those she loves.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Jennine Capó Crucet
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