Cristina Henríquez
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Born
The United States
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July 2023
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The Book of Unknown Americans
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published
2014
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31 editions
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The Great Divide
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published
2024
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36 editions
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State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America
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published
2008
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14 editions
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The World in Half
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published
2009
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13 editions
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The Summer House
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published
2021
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2 editions
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Come Together, Fall Apart
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published
2006
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16 editions
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“We're the unknown Americans, the ones no one even wants to know, because they've been told they're supposed to be scared of us and because maybe if they did take the time to get to know us, they might realize that we're not that bad, maybe even that we're a lot like them. And who would they hate then?”
― The Book of Unknown Americans
― The Book of Unknown Americans
“I felt the way I often felt in this country - simultaneously conspicuous and invisible, like an oddity whom everyone noticed but chose to ignore”
― The Book of Unknown Americans
― The Book of Unknown Americans
“You shouldn't want to be like everyone else. Then you wouldn't be like you.”
― The Book of Unknown Americans
― The Book of Unknown Americans
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What should be our June 'Read Around the World' Group Read? (North/Central America)
The Secret History by Donna Tartt (USA)
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez (Mexico/USA)
Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson (USA)
The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat (Haiti)
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (USA)
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier (USA)
Not Lost Forever: My Story of Survival by Carmina Salcido (Mexico/US)
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns (USA)
Company Town by Madeline Ashby (Canada)
62 total votes
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