The World in Half by Cristina Henriquez - ISBN: 9781594484391
Paperback
Now in paperback, the “beautiful” (“Chicago Sun-Times”) novel from the prizewinning author of “Come Together, Fall Apart.” Miraflores never knew her father, and never thought he wanted to know her. But when she returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up to care for her ailing mother, she disco…

The World in Half

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    2 February 2010

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Summary

The “beautiful” (Chicago Sun-Times) novel from the prizewinning author of Come Together, Fall Apart.Miraflores never knew her father, and never thought he wanted to know her. But when she returns to the Chicago suburb where she grew up to care for her ailing mother, she discovers that her mother and father were greatly in love, and that her father had wanted a daughter more than she could have imagined. Now, Miraflores secretly plots a trip to Panama, in search of the man she hopes can heal h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781594484391
ISBN-10:1594484392
Author:Cristina Henriquez
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Riverhead Books,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:2 February 2010
Weight:256g
Dimensions:203mm x 130mm x 19mm
About The Author

Cristina Henriquez

Cristina Henriquezis the author ofCome Together, Fall Apart- A Novella and Stories, The World In Halfand the forthcoming novelThe Great Divide. Her stories have been published inThe New Yorker,Glimmer Train,Ploughshares,TriQuarterly, andAGNI, and her non-fiction has appeared inThe New Yorker,The Oxford American, andPreservation. She was featured inVirginia Quarterly Reviewas one of “Fiction’s New Luminaries,” and is a recipient of the Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation Award, a grant started by Sandra Cisneros in honor of her father.She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She lives with her husband in Chicago.

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