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As moving as it is riveting, Patricia Engel’s
Infinite Country is a one-of-a-kind telling of the timeless story of migration. The era-leaping novel combines international history the Colombian Conflict, the introduction of the DREAM Act with the personal stories of a family whose bond cannot be broken by geography. A late-night dash for freedom in the opening chapter is just the start of a border-crossing relay race that spans the Western Hemisphere. Engel’s pacing is breathless she covers three generations in under 200 pages but just as frequently gives way to heart- and time-stopping moments.
Infinite Country is poised to be one of the most stirring page-turners of the year.
The following is excerpted from Naima Coster s latest novel What’s Mine and Yours
, about legacy, identity, the American family, and how race affects our most intimate relationships. Coster is the author of Halsey Street
, a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction, and her stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Kweli, and Catapult, among other places. She has taught writing for over a decade, in community settings, youth programs, and universities. She lives in Brooklyn.
The next morning the girls went off to school, all of them with pink noses and runny eyes. Lacey saw them down the hill, and she was jealous they were off to somewhere the thermostat was set much higher than fifty-five.
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Naima Coster s debut novel,
Halsey Street, was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction, and this week her sophomore work arrives to high praise and anticipation.
What s Mine and Yours is sweeping in its narrative scope, using the integration of a high school in North Carolina to introduce Gee and Noelle, two students on opposite sides of the process. It follows the kids and their mothers across years and locales, from the Southeast to Los Angeles and Paris. Here, Coster tells EW her secrets to literary success. whats-in-a-page
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