The Madonnas of Echo Park: A Novel

The Madonnas of Echo Park is a poignant and propulsive novel that brings to life the shifting cultural and physical landscapes of Los Angeles's Echo Park neighborhood through several generations of Mexican immigrants.

With a grand mural-like quality, this book offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of the men and women who struggle to lose their ethnic identity in pursuit of the American dream.

Each chapter summons a different voice - poetic, fierce, comic - as we meet Hector, a day laborer who witnesses a murder; his ex-wife Felicia, who narrowly survives a shooting; and young Aurora, who journeys through her childhood neighborhood to discover her history and place in the land that all Mexican-Americans dream of.

With a focus on Mexican American characters and a rich past of a place that served as home to displaced communities, The Madonnas of Echo Park is a brilliant and fresh view of American life.