A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE - A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK
REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK - REVIEWED ON THE FRONT COVER
From GMA BOOK CLUB PICK and WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST Angie Cruz, author of
Dominicana, an electrifying new novel about a woman who has lost
everything but the chance to finally tell her story
"Will have you LAUGHING line after line...Cruz AIMS FOR THE HEART, and
fires." --Los Angeles Times
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"An endearing portrait of a FIERCE, FUNNY woman."** --The Washington
Post
Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for
the rest of her life. But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the
Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first
time in decades. Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to
narrate the story of her life. Over the course of twelve sessions, Cara
recounts her tempestuous love affairs, her alternately biting and loving
relationships with her neighbor Lulu and her sister Angela, her
struggles with debt, gentrification and loss, and, eventually, what
really happened between her and her estranged son, Fernando. As Cara
confronts her darkest secrets and regrets, we see a woman buffeted by
life but still full of fight.
Structurally inventive and emotionally kaleidoscopic, How Not to Drown
in a Glass of Water is Angie Cruz's most ambitious and moving novel
yet, and Cara is a heroine for the ages.
