Family Lore: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK!
Winner of the NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
From National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes the story of one Dominican American family told through the voices of its women
Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake—a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she’s led—her sisters are surprised. Has Flor foreseen her own death, or someone else’s? Does she have other motives? She refuses to tell her sisters, Matilde, Pastora, and Camila.
But Flor isn’t the only person with secrets: her sisters are hiding things, too. And the next generation, cousins Ona and Yadi, face tumult of their own.
Spanning the three days prior to the wake, Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, Santo Domingo and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedo’s inimitable and incandescent voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces—one family’s journey through their history, helping them better navigate all that is to come.
A Best Book of 2023 from: Washington Post * Good Housekeeping * Real Simple * Harper's Bazaar * Elle * Time * NPR
Book At A Glance
# of Pages: 384
Book Binding: Hardcover
Year of Publication: 2023
Publisher: Ecco
Language: en
ISBN: 9780063207264
Creator Bio
Elizabeth Acevedo is a renowned author, poet, and educator. Born and raised in New York City, she is of Dominican descent and draws inspiration from her cultural roots in her writing. She has received critical acclaim for her works, including her debut novel "The Poet X" which won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. In addition to being a New York Times bestselling author, Acevedo is also a National Poetry Slam champion and has performed her poetry on stages around the world. She is a strong advocate for diversity and representation in literature and uses her platform to highlight marginalized voices. Her latest novel, "Family Lore," has been selected as a Good Morning America Book Club pick, further solidifying her place as a powerful and influential voice in the literary world.
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