Oye A Novel

Melissa Mogollon

eBook - 2024

A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you won’t want to hang up on. “A portrait of love, heartache, and hilarity that transcends its medium.”—Elle (The Best Literary Fiction Books of 2024, So Far)“Brilliant . . . Melissa Mogollon did not come to play.”—Kiley Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun AgeLONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE“Yes, hi, Mari. It’s me. I’m over my tantrum now and calling you back . . . But first—you have to promise that you won’t tell Mom or Abue any of this. Okay? They’ll set the house on fire if they find out . . .”Structured as a series of one-sided phone calls from our spunky, sarcastic narrator, L...uciana, to her older sister, Mari, this wildly inventive debut “jump-starts your heart in the same way it... more