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by Kimberly Garza
A sweeping family saga set in Texas and the Philippines, following two sisters unearthing their mother's long-buried secrets.
On the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, the future of Corazon de la Cruz's family rests with her. She'll be the first to go to college, to immigrate to the United States, and to support her family back home by becoming a doctor. She can't remember whether this dream was ever her own, or if she even has a say in it. But when a fire mysteriously breaks out on the de la Cruzes' land, the family splinters, and Corazon is faced with a fateful choice.
Decades later, Corazon's daughters, Hannah and Mari, are estranged from their roots in the Philippines. Corazon's death has shaken the family to its very core, and a distant cousin urges the sisters to return to settle unresolved business. Together for the first time in years, the sisters find that the fate of their family's ancestral land is somehow in their hands, and it's about to slip away. As they fight to protect their inheritance, they uncover long-buried secrets hidden from them by their beloved matriarch―about her life, their homeland, and themselves.
A lush family saga and a love letter to the Philippines, Between You a River follows two generations of de la Cruzes as they confront the sacrifices made by mothers so their daughters could lead different lives, and wrestle with the lifelong push and pull of home.
"Kimberly Garza's Between You A River is a stunning, richly layered portrait of a family torn apart at the seams, yet always trying to find their way back to the love that never left them. Drawn with intricately rendered characters and a lush, transportive setting, this is a novel that sings off the page, deftly wending into a reader's heart and imagination. Sweeping, deeply empathetic, and unforgettable." ―Thao Thai, bestselling author of Banyan Moon
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Kimberly Garza is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Last Karankawas, a New York Times Editors' Choice and an Indie Next pick. Her stories and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Texas Highways, Copper Nickel, and elsewhere, and she was a 2024 National Endowment of the Arts creative writing fellow. A native Texan―born in Galveston, raised in Uvalde―she teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she directs the creative writing program.
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