Quiara’s debut novel about a young mother, the daughter she left behind, and the steep price we pay on the messy road to enlightenment.
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“It’s a profound journey of the soul... This staggering gut punch of a novel shows that sometimes love looks like leaving.”
—Kirkus starred review
“This sizzles.”
—Publisher’s Weekly starred review
“Hudes offers an expansive, surprising coming-of-age story about both a mother and a daughter… An epic and astonishing journey of self-discovery.”
—Shelf Awareness review
“Dignified, sexy, and true, with lines burned indelibly into my heart.”
—Marie-Helene Bertino, author of Beautyland
“One of the most heart wrenching literary rides you will take in your life.”
—Angie Cruz, author of Dominicana
“The brown-Latina modern-day Siddartha Hermann Hesse never saw coming… Gracias Hudes for gifting us April Soto, a force of a voice that will stay with me forever.”
—Javier Zamora, author of Solito
“Primordial scream meets brilliant argument.”
—Jennifer Croft, author of The Extinction of Irena Rey
“A stunning debut.”
—Esmeralda Santiago, author of When I Was Puerto Rican