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In this lyrical novel set in a Cuban-American neighborhood in Miami, three generations of women face an unexpected—and ultimately life-changing—trial. When Maribel, an overly cautious and orderly market analyst, gives birth to a severely handicapped baby, her mother, Adela, and her grandmother Cuca must put aside their differences to fill his short life with love. This means more than just a shift in attitude for Cuca, who speaks regularly to her deceased husband, and for Adela, a middle-aged beautician with a penchant for the lottery and her friend’s husband.
Poetic and poignant, spiritual and deeply human, The Chin Kiss King explores the resiliency of mothers, the power of love, the hopefulness of redemption, and the meaning of faith in an unforgettable story of family and the ties that bind.
Poetic and poignant, spiritual and deeply human, The Chin Kiss King explores the resiliency of mothers, the power of love, the hopefulness of redemption, and the meaning of faith in an unforgettable story of family and the ties that bind.
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In Ana Veciana-Suarez's debut novel, three generations of Cuban-American women struggle to care for an ailing, premature baby boy. An extra chromosome has thrown Victor Eduardo's whole body out of whack. He has tiny holes in his heart and keeps getting pneumonia. His mother, Maribel, falls apart, his grandmother plays the lottery, and his great-grandmother talks to ghosts. Victor Eduardo's birth brings Cuca, Adela, and Maribel to understand one another better than ever, even though they have lived together in the same Miami duplex for Maribel's entire life. Have a hankie ready, because this is a very sad story.
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At 77 years of age, Cuca has a vibrant spiritual life--she regularly converses with her deceased husband, brother, and grandmother, asking them for advice on helping Victor and consoling Maribel. Cuca's daughter Adela is something of a wild woman, a sexy, middle-aged beautician who distracts herself from the baby's woes by playing the lottery and having an affair with her best friend's husband. Until Victor's birth, Maribel thought she was completely different from her mother. She was a marketing analyst, an orderly, cautious person. Her son's difficulties shatter her beliefs in rules and justice. In the wake of the tragedy, she hardly recognizes herself: "The Maribel who had thought life could be simplified into charts, where had she gone?" It is difficult to write about a sick and dying baby without resorting to clichés or becoming overly sentimental. Ana Veciana-Suarez makes a valiant effort to do so in The Chin Kiss King. --Jill Marquis
Ana Veciana-Suarez writes a popular syndicated column for the Tribune Content Agency. She is the author of The Chin Kiss King: A Novel, Flight to Freedom (a YA novel), and a book of essays, Birthday Parties in Heaven: Thoughts on Love, Life, Grief, and Other Matters of the Heart. She was born in Cuba and now lives in Miami with her husband. Her five adult children, she likes to say, have taught her immeasurable humility. Visit her website anavecianasuarez.com.
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