The Book of Unknown Americans: A novel: Henríquez, Cristina

A triumph of storytelling.

Henríquez pulls us into the lives of her characters with such mastery that we hang on to them just as fiercely as they hang on to one another and their dreams.

This passionate, powerful novel will stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page.” —Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk A boy and a girl who fall in love.

Two families whose hopes collide with destiny.

An extraordinary novel that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American.