I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Erika L. Sánchez is a poet, a feminist, and an advocate for all young women. For three years, she wrote a sex and love advice column for Cosmopolitan for Latinas, and her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Salon, and the Paris Review. Erika has dreamed of writing complex, empowering stories about girls of color since she was a 12-year-old nerd in giant bifocals and embroidered vests—what she wanted to read as a young adult. She lives in Chicago, not far from where I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is set.
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a "stunning" YA novel about a teen coming to terms with the loss of her sister and navigating the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American household. "Alive and crackling—a gritty story encased in a page-turner." (The New York Times)
Perfect Mexican daughters don't attend college. They also do not leave their parents' home after graduating from high school. Perfect Mexican daughters never leave their families behind. Julia, on the other hand, is not your ideal Mexican daughter. Olga was in charge of that.
Then, in a tragic accident on Chicago's busiest street, Olga is killed, leaving Julia to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to notice that Julia is also broken. Instead, Julia's mother appears to channel her grief by pointing out every way Julia has failed.
But it isn't long before Julia realizes that Olga was not as perfect as everyone thought. Julia is determined to find out with the help of her best friend Lorena and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor. Was Olga really who she seemed to be? Or was there something else to her sister's story? In any case, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible standard?
Author: Erika L. Sánchez
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524700487
Ratings: 4.7 out of 5 stars (from 7150 reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #14,210 in Books
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#62 in Teen & Young Adult Social Issues
