Book 2019
America Is Not the Heart
5.01 15 readers shelved it
- 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.