{"product_id":"loca","title":"Loca","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In this remarkable debut, Alejandro Heredia traces young lives from the streets of Santo Domingo to the streets of the Bronx, capturing the heartbreak of queer youth, a woman's rebellion against the confines of motherhood, and, above all, the pain and power of friendship that extends across seas, and borders, and the struggle of working people to survive in America. It is the most generously written novel I have read in a very long time, and that generosity is a beautiful thing.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eADAM HASLETT,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePulitzer Prize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Award Book Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efinalist for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagine Me Gone\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Are Not A Stranger Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Heredia writes to all the locas who, torn between depression and desire, dare to keep moving, chase dreams, and face their failures nonetheless.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eXochitl Gonzalez,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eauthor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOlga Dies Dreaming\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnita de Monte Laughs Last\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In a novel that is as tender as it is brilliant, Heredia writes with ferocity and warmth.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eElizabeth Acevedo, author of\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFamily Lore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A queer book, yes, a Dominican book, too, a Spanglish book, sure, and as such a quintessentially American novel, a beautiful one.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eRumaan Alam\u003ci\u003e, New York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eauthor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeave the World Behind\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEntitlement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks, how do we find each other and love each other, see each other, save each other, and this novel answers, again and again, like this.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eAlexander Chee, author of\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eQueen of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Eloquent and vibrant. Alejandro Heredia is a deeply gifted writer.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Claire Messud,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eauthor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Strange Eventful Histoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf Junot Diaz's critically acclaimed collection\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Janet Mock's Emmy-winning series\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproduced offspring, Alejandro Heredia's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoca\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewould be their firstborn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's 1999, and best friends Sal and Charo are striving to hold on to their dreams in a New York determined to grind them down. Sal is a book-loving science nerd trying to grow beyond his dead-end job in a new city, but he's held back by tragic memories from his past in Santo Domingo. Free-spirited Charo is surprised to find herself a mother at twenty-five, partnered with a controlling man, working at the same supermarket for years, her world shrunk to the very domesticity she thought she'd escaped in her old country. When Sal finds love at a gay club one night, both his and Charo's worlds unexpectedly open up to a vibrant social circle that pushes them to reckon with what they owe to their own selves, pasts, futures, and, always, each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows one daring year in the lives of young people living at the edge of their own patience and desires. With expansive grace, it reveals both the grueling conditions that force people to migrate and the possibility of friendship as home when family, nations, and identity groups fall short.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/11\/2024 (EAN 9781668050460, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2025 pg. 64 (EAN 9781668050460, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2025 pg. 28 (EAN 9781668050460, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/15\/2025 (EAN 9781668050460, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eHeredia, Alejandro\u003cbr\u003eAlejandro Heredia is a writer from the Bronx. 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