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- ISBN 9781806750214
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 02 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Longlisted for the Center of Fiction First Novel Prize 2025
It's 1999, and best friends Sal and Charo are striving to hold on to their dreams in a New York determined to grind them down. Sal is a book-loving science nerd trying to grow beyond his dead-end job in a new city, but he's held back by tragic memories from his past in Santo Domingo. Free-spirited Charo is surprised to find herself a mother at twenty-five, partnered with a controlling man, working at the same supermarket for years, her world shrunk to the very domesticity she thought she'd escaped in her old country. When Sal finds love at a gay club one night, both his and Charo's worlds unexpectedly open up to a vibrant social circle that pushes them to reckon with what they owe to their own selves, pasts, futures, and, always, each other.
