How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250208453)

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE - A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK - REVIEWED ON THE FRONT COVER

From GMA BOOK CLUB PICK and WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST Angie Cruz, author of Dominicana, an electrifying new novel about a woman who has lost everything but the chance to finally tell her story

"Will have you LAUGHING line after line...Cruz AIMS FOR THE HEART, and fires." --Los Angeles Times

"An endearing portrait of a FIERCE, FUNNY woman." --The Washington Post

Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first time in decades. Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to narrate the story of her life. Over the course of twelve sessions, Cara recounts her tempestuous love affairs, her alternately biting and loving relationships with her neighbor Lulu and her sister Angela, her struggles with debt, gentrification and loss, and, eventually, what really happened between her and her estranged son, Fernando. As Cara confronts her darkest secrets and regrets, we see a woman buffeted by life but still full of fight.

Structurally inventive and emotionally kaleidoscopic, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water is Angie Cruz's most ambitious and moving novel yet, and Cara is a heroine for the ages.

Author: Angie Cruz
ISBN-10: 1250208459
ISBN-13: 9781250208453
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2022
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2022 pg. 3
Publishers Weekly 07/04/2022
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2022
Booklist 08/01/2022 pg. 20