![]() ![]() A poet, essayist, and fiction writer, she is the author of a young adult novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2017), a National Book Award Finalist, and the poetry collection, Lessons on Expulsion (Graywolf, 2017), a finalist of the Pen America. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Sánchez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.īut it’s not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. ![]() Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family.īut Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Characters Julia Reyes Julia Reyes Julia Reyes is the fiery, ravenous, ambitious, contrarian narrator and protagonist of the novel. ![]() Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ![]()
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