All HAPPY FAMILIES ARE ALIKE – FICTION

In CRIS ASCUNCE’s My Best Plan: A Novel, Gene has it all – a wonderful daughter, a flourishing career, and the love of her life, Isa. After same-sex marriage is legalized in Spain, Gene has an idea: move there, marry, and finally secure parental rights for her daughter. But Isa refuses, and Gene must make a decision that puts their love to the test. A.J. BERMUDEZ’s Stories No One Hopes Are About Them explores convergences of power, privilege, and place. Narratives of humanity and environment entwine with nuanced themes of colonization, queerness, and evolution at the forefront. SUSAN MUADDI DARRAJ’s Behind You Is the Sea: A Novel brings us into the lives of three Palestinian immigrant families who have experienced very different welcomes in America. The book confronts stereotypes about Palestinian culture head-on, shifting perspectives to weave a complex social fabric replete with weddings, funerals, broken hearts, and devastating secrets. The Best That You Can Do: Stories is AMINA LOLITA GAUTIER’s collection of tales told primarily from the perspective of women and children in the Northeast who are tethered to families in Puerto Rico. They explore the cultural confusion of being one person in two places, with rich characters who animate the realities of split identities.

Buy My Best Plan: A Novel – Ascunce

Buy Stories No One Hopes Are About Them – Bermudez

Buy Behind You Is the Sea: A Novel – Darraj

Buy The Best That You Can Do: Stories – Gautier