How not to drown in a glass of water : a novel

Author

Angie Cruz

Call Number

• LARGE TYPE FICTION CRUZ (OSH)

Edition

Large print edition.

Publication Information

Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2022]

Physical Description

265 pages (large print) ; 22 cm

Summary

"Write this down: Cara Romero wants to work. Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first time in decades. Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to narrate the story of her life. Over the course of twelve sessions, Cara recounts her tempestuous love affairs, her alternately biting and loving relationships with her neighbor Lulu and her sister Angela, her struggles with debt, gentrification and loss, and, eventually, what really happened between her and her estranged son, Fernando. As Cara confronts her darkest secrets and regrets, we see a woman buffeted by life but still full of fight."--

Notes

Subtitle from cover.

"Published in 2022 by arrangement with Flatiron Books." -- Title page verso.