America's Dream

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April 25, 1997

América Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who don't look her In the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her; her married boyfriend, Correa, beats her; and their fourteen-year-old daughter thinks life would be better anywhere but with América. So when América is offered the chance to work as alive-in housekeeper and nanny for a family in Westchester County, New York, she takes it as a sign that a door to escape has been opened. Yet even as América revels in the comparative luxury of her new life, daring to care about a man other than Correa, she is faced with dramatic proof that no matter what she does, she can't get away from her past.

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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial (April 25, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060928263
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060928261
  • Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 1 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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