High Spirits

• Author(s): Camille Gomera-Tavarez,
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Pages: 224
• ISBN_10: 1646141547
  ISBN_13: 9781646141548
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Young Adult Fiction / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America , Young Adult Fiction / Girls & Women , Young Adult Fiction / Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies ,

Description:... High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, from debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez.

It is a book centered on one extended family – the Beléns – across multiple generations.

It is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa – and Santo Domingo and Paterson and San Juan and Washington Heights too.

It is told in a style both utterly real and distinctly magical – and its stories explore machismo, mental health, family, and identity.

But most of all, High Spirits represents the first book from Camille Gomera-Tavarez, who takes her place as one of the most extraordinary new voices to emerge in years.