Make Your Home Among Strangers

Posted on 09 January 2017 by Jennine Capo Crucet

The arresting debut novel from award winning writer Jennine Cap Crucet When Lizet the daughter of Cuban immigrants and the first in her family to graduate from high school secretly applies and is accepted to an ultra elite college, her parents are furious at her decision to leave Miami Just weeks before she s set to start school, her parents divorce and her father sells her childhood home, leaving Lizet, her mother, and Leidy Lizet s older sister, a brand new single mom without a steady income and scrambling for a place to live.Amidst this turmoil, Lizet begins her first semester at Rawlings College, distracted by both the exciting and difficult moments of freshman year But the privileged world of the campus feels utterly foreign, as does her new awareness of herself as a minority Struggling both socially and academically, she returns to Miami for a surprise Thanksgiving visit, only to be overshadowed by the arrival of Ariel Hernandez, a young boy whose mother died fleeing with him from Cuba on a raft The ensuing immigration battle puts Miami in a glaring spotlight, captivating the nation and entangling Lizet s entire family, especially her mother.Pulled between life at college and the needs of those she loves, Lizet is faced with difficult decisions that will change her life forever Urgent and mordantly funny, Make Your Home Among Strangers tells the moving story of a young woman torn between generational, cultural, and political forces it s the new story of what it means to be American today. Download Make Your Home Among Strangers – kino-fada.fr Just after I started reading this book , I came across an article on LitHub by Jennine Capo Crucet on how she was inspired to write this book I always appreciate hearing what might have been the one little or the one big thing that created the spark to write a particular book I m including a link to the article because it really illustrates how much she knows of what she writes novel begins with Lizet who is a lab manager in a research group study Just after I started reading this book , I came across an article on LitHub by Jennine Capo Crucet on how she was inspired to write this...3 1 2 stars Make your Home Amongst Strangers has the makings of a really good book, and it was good but some aspects didn t quite work for me As a first novel though, it is very strong and I will definitely look for the author s book of short stories and next novels The story takes place in 1999 and 2000 Lizet was born in Miami to parents who immigrated to the U.S from Cuba when they were teenagers Lizet s world is the Cuban community in Miami until she is accepted at a fictional Ivy Leagu 3 1 2 stars Make your Home Amongst Strangers has the makings of a really good book, and it was good but some aspects didn t quite work for me As a first novel though, it is very strong and I will definitely look for the author s book of short stories and next novels The story takes place in 1999 and 2000 Lizet was born in Miami to parents who immigrated to the U.S from Cuba when they were teenagers Lizet s world is the Cuban community in Miami until she is accepted at a fictional Ivy League school in New York State From then on, she experiences the challenge of not belonging anywhere She is ill equipped to u...Compulsively Readable.A universal tale. going off to Collegebeingclassified as a minority student And all the trials and tribulation that come along with it Liset is from Miami Parents are cuban immigrants having recently divorced Older sister Leidy, is living at home with her mother in a small apt with her new baby, Dante, as a single mom The father left his wife at the same time Liset leaves for her Freshman year to Rawling s University in New York Liset leaves Compulsively Readable.A universal tale. goi...3.5 Lizet, youngest daughter of Cuban parents, is accepted as a scholarship student at a prestigious college Her parents marriage breaks up, her dad moving out at the same time Lizet leaves Miami to go east to school.Lizet is an interesting character that we will see change and grow throughout this ...This book was fine, not what I expected based on the description, and got tiresome as it progressed I m a little suspicious when newer, younger authors especially those who look suspiciously like their main characters write a book centered on leaving home and going off to college It makes me wonder if perhaps the...I ve often wondered about the experiences of minorities at Ivy League colleges, and this novel explores this with some real depth The characters are very accessible and it s wonderfully written Jennine tackles a subject I ve always been curious about, but have never seen represented in fiction the experience of being a minoritiy in a very white space Liz secretly applies to an elite college, and leaves Miami to attend, which creates a fall out back in Miami At college, Liz suddenly feels li I ve often wondered about the experiences of minorities at Ivy League colleges, and this novel explores this with some real depth The characters are very accessible and it s wonderfully written Jennine tackles a subject I ve always been curious about, but have never seen represented in fiction the experience of being a minoritiy in a very white space Liz secretly...This book should be required reading for high school teachers and undergraduate advisors Having taught high school myself, I understand quite well how wide the gulf has become in the US between the skills required to earn a diploma from a public high school and those demanded by most four year colleges It s why universities now find themselves having to offerandsections of remedial courses many of the 18 year olds arriving each fall don t have mastery of the basics They may have g This book should be required reading for high school teachers and undergraduate advisors Having taught high school myself, I understand quite well how wide the gulf has become in the US between the skills required to earn a diploma from a public high school and t...One of the most boring books I have ever read I did actually finish it, somehow The story could have been interesting, but it dragged painfully and the writing was not beautiful so you didn t just enjoy reading for the sake of reading great prose I could tell the author thought that s what she was doing the way she would end chapters with these sentences that were meant to be devastating in their simplicity but no they were just BORING I think the idea of a novel that tries to bridge a gap b One of the most boring books I have ever read I did actually finish it, somehow The story could have been interesting, but it dragged painfully and the writing was not beautiful so you didn t just enjoy reading for the sake of reading great prose I could tell the author thought ...Not a bad book but rather tedious and boring at times I thought the issues faced by family to be real, but didn t care much for the characters.Lizet Ramirez is a first generation college student from Miami Her first year at college coincides with a young boy from Cuba coming to the United States She is an outcast in her family because of her choice to go away to school Her guilt at being away from her family, as well as the social and academic challenges she faces at a prestigious school, put a lot of stress on her You root for her the entire time, and the story is structured as such, that you are constantly afraid that she will be...

09 January 2017

Jennine Capo Crucet