America is not the heart

About this book

After fleeing the Philippines, Hero De Vera arrives at her uncles where she is given a fresh start. He asks no questions about her disturbing political past, but his daughter, the first American-born family member, is unable to resist her curiosity especially about her cousin's damaged hands.

Subjects

• american dream
• asian americans, fiction
• contemporary women
• families
• family secrets
• fiction
• fiction, family life
• fiction, general
• fiction, women
• filipino american families
• filipino americans
• filipino american women
• filipinos
• identity (psychology)
• immigrants
• lgbtq novels
• literary
• new york times reviewed
• san francisco (calif.), fiction