Family lore = Sabiduría familiar
(Playaway)

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Playaway.

From bestselling, National Book Award--winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes her first novel for adults, the story of one Dominican-American family told through the voices of its women as they await a gathering that will forever change their lives. Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake--a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she's led--her sisters are surprised. Has Flor forseen her own death, or someone else's? Does she have other motives? She refuses to tell her sisters, Matilde, Pastora, and Camila. But Flor isn't the only person with secrets. Matilde has tried for decades to cover the extent of her husband's infidelity, but she must now confront the true state of her marriage. Pastora is typically the most reserved sister, but Flors wake motivates this driven woman to solve her siblings problems. Camila is the youngest sibling, and often the forgotten one, but she's decided she no longer wants to be taken for granted. And the next generation, cousins Ona and Yadi, face tumult of their own: Yadi is reuniting with her first love, who was imprisoned when they were both still kids; Ona is married for years and attempting to conceive. Ona must decide whether it's worth it to keep trying--to have a child, and the anthropology research thats begun to feel lackluster. Spanning the three days prior to the wake, Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, Santo Domingo and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedos inimitable and incandescent voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces--one familys journey through their history, helping them better navigate all that is to come.

De la autora ganadora del Premio Nacional del Libro, Elizabeth Acevedo, llega su primera novela para adultos, la historia de una familia dominicano-estadounidense contada a través de las voces de sus mujeres mientras esperan una reunión que cambiará sus vidas para siempre. Flor tiene un don: puede predecir, hasta el día en que alguien morirá. Entonces, cuando decide que quiere un velorio viviente (una fiesta que reúna a su familia y a su comunidad para celebrar la larga vida que ha llevado), sus hermanas se sorprenden. ¿Flor ha previsto su propia muerte o la de alguien más? ¿Tiene otros motivos? Ella se niega a decírselo a sus hermanas Matilde, Pastora y Camila. Pero Flor no es la única persona que tiene secretos. Matilde ha intentado durante décadas ocultar el alcance de la infidelidad de su marido, pero ahora debe afrontar el verdadero estado de su matrimonio. Pastora suele ser la hermana más reservada, pero el despertar de Flor motiva a esta mujer motivada a resolver los problemas de sus hermanos. Camila es la hermana menor y, a menudo, la olvidada, pero ha decidido que ya no quiere que la den por sentado. Y la siguiente generación, las primas Ona y Yadi, se enfrentan a sus propios problemas: Yadi se reencuentra con su primer amor, que fue encarcelado cuando ambos eran todavía niños; Ona está casada desde hace años e intenta concebir. Ona debe decidir si vale la pena seguir intentándolo: tener un hijo, y la investigación antropológica que ha comenzado a parecer mediocre. A lo largo de los tres días previos al velorio, Family Lore rastrea la vida de cada una de las mujeres Marte, entrelazando el pasado y el presente, Santo Domingo y la ciudad de Nueva York. Contado con la inimitable e incandescente voz de Elizabeth Acevedo, este es un retrato imborrable de hermanas, primas, tías y sobrinas: el viaje de una familia a través de su historia, ayudándolas a navegar mejor por todo lo que está por venir.

Adult.

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