Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Released: 5th of September 2019
It's the summer of 1986. Joaquin and Elena, two teenage siblings live in a toxic environment with their alcoholic mother on an island off the Texas Gulf Coast.
Elena falls for a new boy who has just arrived from California. Joaquin must wrestle with his decision to stay on Mariposa Island to protect his sister or flee from his mother's abuse.
As both teenagers struggle to figure out who they are and want to be, they are caught in a web of family dysfunction and secrets from their mother's past.
What I Have to Say
This was such an interesting book to read. It was so generational. Showing how the suffering of one generation can lead to more suffering in the next, travelling from generation to generation. It was a fascinating look at abuse and fear and how it can lead to control.
I don't know much about Cuba, so I was interested to see what it was like there and how the upper classes were affected by the revolution and the evacuation of the children.
I loved the two different view points and how they lie and rebel against their mother's rules. It was such a good look at lies and deception and how each teenager handled their mothers rules in their own way.
My thanks go to Hachette's Children's Group and Netgalley for providing me with this copy for review.
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