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    Flores and Miss Paula: A Novel
    Flores and Miss Paula: A Novel
    Flores and Miss Paula: A Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    Flores and Miss Paula: A Novel

    Written by Melissa Rivero

    Narrated by Gisela Chipe and Liliana Montenegro

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    A Recommended Book From:

    The Washington Post * Today * Sunset Magazine * Country Living * Good Housekeeping 

    A wry, tender novel about a Peruvian immigrant mother and a millennial daughter who have one final chance to find common ground

    Thirtysomething Flores and her mother, Paula, still live in the same Brooklyn apartment, but that may be the only thing they have in common. It’s been nearly three years since they lost beloved husband and father Martín, who had always been the bridge between them. One day, cleaning beneath his urn, Flores discovers a note written in her mother’s handwriting: Perdóname si te falle. Recuerda que siempre te quise. (“Forgive me if I failed you. Remember that I always loved you.”) But what would Paula need forgiveness for?

    Now newfound doubts and old memories come flooding in, complicating each woman’s efforts to carve out a good life for herself—and to support the other in the same. Paula thinks Flores should spend her evenings meeting a future husband, not crunching numbers for a floundering aquarium startup. Flores wishes Paula would ask for a raise at her DollaBills retail job, or at least find a best friend who isn’t a married man.

    When Flores and Paula learn they will be forced to move, they must finally confront their complicated past—and decide whether they share the same dreams for the future. Spirited and warm-hearted, Melissa Rivero’s new novel showcases the complexities of the mother-daughter bond with fresh insight and empathy.

    Editor's Note

    Tender, relatable…

    Paula, a Peruvian immigrant, and her adult daughter Flores live together in Brooklyn and feel the immense loss of Martín, Flores’ late father. Instead of bringing them closer, Martín’s death further tests their already strained relationship as Flores navigates a toxic workplace and Paula explores a fresh romantic interest. Rivero’s story is a tender, relatable look at mother-daughter tensions, grief, and moving on.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateDec 5, 2023
    ISBN9780063272521
    Author

    Melissa Rivero

    Melissa Rivero is the author of The Affairs of the Falcóns, which won the 2019 New American Voices Award and a 2020 International Latino Book Award. The book was also long-listed for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Born in Lima, Peru, and raised in Brooklyn, she is a graduate of NYU and Brooklyn Law School. She still lives in Brooklyn with her family.

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