Catalina A Novel

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

eBook - 2024

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom “[A] sparkling fiction debut.”—The New York Times Book Review“[A] fresh and unflinching take on the campus novel.”—People (Ten Best Books of the Year)“Diabolically charming and magnetic.”—Ira GlassA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, NPR, themWhen Catalina is admitted to Harvard, it feels like the fulfillment of destiny: a miracle child escapes death in Latin America, moves ...to Queens to be raised by her undocumented grandparents, and becomes one of the chosen. But nothing is simple for Catalina, least... more