I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Name: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Price: 1.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.7 (10989 reviews)
Author: Erika L. Sánchez

by Erika L. Sánchez

Contemporary Fiction Young Adult

4.7 (10,989)

4.7 stars from 10,989 reviews. One of the highest rated Contemporary Fiction books we track.

343 pages~5.7 hr readPublished by TurtlebackPublished 2017-01-01

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You're navigating the weight of family expectations and cultural identity in your own life.
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You want a grief story that doesn't shy away from the messy, complicated ways families fall apart.

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You need a tidy resolution where grief gets neatly resolved by the final chapter.
You're looking for light, feel-good contemporary fiction without heavy family trauma.
You prefer stories that celebrate cultural traditions rather than questioning their cost.

About this book

A YA novel about Julia, a teenager navigating life in a Mexican American household after her sister Olga dies in a tragic accident on a Chicago street. Julia struggles with family expectations and stereotypes surrounding what it means to be a perfect Mexican daughter—a role Olga appeared to fulfill but Julia never did. Following Olga's death, Julia's mother channels her grief into criticizing Julia's perceived failures, while no one acknowledges Julia's own pain. As Julia processes her loss, she begins to question whether Olga was truly the perfect daughter everyone believed her to be. With support from her best friend Lorena and her boyfriend Connor, Julia investigates her sister's life and identity, ultimately grappling with how to live authentically in the shadow of an impossible ideal.

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Currently around #13K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller. Climbing the charts — 21% improvement recently.

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Currently 4.7★ from 10,989 reviews

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