by Jennine Capó Crucet I found this one very autobiographical. Certainly it was meant to be an account of the author's experience as a Cuban-American, but my first impression was that it was very insular, as if she didn't really engage with the world outside of her own bubble. As it went along, ...
Make Your Home Among Strangers, the debut novel by Jennine Capó Crucet, follows the story of Lizet as she makes the leap from her Cuban immigrant family in Little Havana to a small exclusive Northeast college. Unfortunately, this is not the book for me. I find myself completely unable to relate to t...