An International Latino Book Award winner.
"Everyone Knows You Go Home is prescient, tackling issues of family
division, the arduous journey of crossing from one country into the
next, and the sacrifices we make in exchange for a better future."
--Houston Chronicle
The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he's already
dead--an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding day. Her husband,
Martin, still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years
ago, confesses that he never knew the old man had died. So Omar asks
Isabel for the impossible: persuade Omar's family--especially his wife,
Elda--to let him redeem himself.
Isabel and Martin settle into married life in a Texas border town, and
Omar returns each year on the celebratory Day of the Dead. Every year
Isabel listens, but to the aggrieved Martin and Elda, Omar's spirit
remains invisible. Through his visits, Isabel gains insight into not
just the truth about his disappearance and her husband's childhood but
also the ways grief can eat away at love. When Martin's teenage nephew
crosses the Mexican border and takes refuge in Isabel and Martin's home,
questions about past and future homes, borders, and belonging arise that
may finally lead to forgiveness--and alter all their lives forever.
