Description
Pura Belpré Honor Book
BEST OF THE YEAR
Chicago Review of Books – Kirkus – Los Angeles Public Library
Publishers Weekly Flying Start High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, from debut author Camille is a book centered on one extended family – the Beléns – across multiple is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa – and Santo Domingo and Paterson and San Juan and Washington Heights is told in a style both utterly real and distinctly magical – and its stories explore machismo, mental health, family, and most of all, High Spirits represents the first book from Camille Gomera-Tavarez, who takes her place as one of the most extraordinary new voices to emerge in years.
For fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Sandra Cisneros, Angie Cruz, and Yaa Gyasi
P R A I S E
★ “Authentic and immersive…A labor of love imbued with dedication to family.”
–Kirkus (starred)
★ “Deeply personal and relatable. Steeped in nostalgia and harsh but fierce love, this is a memorable family saga in its own right.”
–Booklist (starred)
★ “Full of vivid and poetic imagery… settings worthy of drinking in, and thematic material ripe for contemplation about identity, intergenerational memory, and patriarchy and toxic masculinity, Gomera-Tavarez’s soulfully crafted debut is a sensitive, intrinsically feminist work.”
–Publishers Weekly (starred)”A magical and unflinching look at the Dominican Diaspora.”
–Dominican Writers Association
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