Cup of Water Under My Bed, A

A Cup of Water Under My Bed is a powerful coming-of-age memoir that explores the complexities of identity, family, and language through the eyes of a Colombian-Cuban woman.

With lyrical prose and evocative storytelling, Hernandez chronicles the lessons she learned from her mother and aunts about love, money, and race, while also grappling with questions of sexuality and belonging in an immigrant home.

Through translation work for NAFTA-affected factories and reporting for the New York Times during its biggest plagiarism scandal, Hernandez reflects on the role of race in the newsroom and creates a new, queer life for herself.

This moving memoir is ultimately a daughter's story of finding herself and her community, and it will resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to find their place in the world.