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America for Beginners by Leah Franqui

America for Beginners

by Leah Franqui
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  • Jul 24, 2018, 320 pages
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  • Jul 2019, 320 pages
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Peggy T. (Dallas)

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I finished this yesterday and still have feelings of ambivalence as to whether I really liked this book or not.  The setting of a cross country trip was a good way to bring together these three characters who were as unlike as the situation would allow. It is a good debut novel but personally, I had difficulty with the prejudices of some of the characters.  With time, some of these prejudices were overcome and some were not. The ending was hopeful for the most part but I still felt there was a pervading sense of melancholy even so. It was well written, a good book but it made me a bit sad. Maybe just not my cup of chai.

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