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Book 2019

America Is Not the Heart

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Published
2019
  • Family secrets
  • Immigrants
  • Filipino American women
  • Fiction
  • Filipinos
  • American Dream
  • Filipino American families
  • Identity (Psychology)

After fleeing the Philippines, Hero De Vera arrives at her uncles where she is given a fresh start. He asks no questions about her disturbing political past, but his daughter, the first American-born family member, is unable to resist her curiosity especially about her cousin's damaged hands.