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Author:

Garza, Kimberly, 1985- author.

Title:

The last Karankawas / Kimberly Garza.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Company,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

274 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Desertion and non-support--Fiction.
Hurricane Ike, 2008--Fiction.
Indigenous peoples--America--Fiction.
Hispanic Americans--Texas--Fiction.
Filipino Americans--Texas--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Small cities--Fiction.
Galveston (Tex.)--Fiction.

Notes:

"A novel."

Summary:

"A kaleidoscopic, emotionally charged debut about a tight-knit community of Mexican and Filipino families on the Texas coast. Unflinching, lyrical, and singular, The Last Karankawas is a portrait of America rarely witnessed, where browning palm trees and oily waters mark the forefront of ecological change. It is a deeply imagined exploration of familial inheritance, human perseverance, and the histories we assign to ourselves, establishing Kimberly Garza as a brilliant new literary voice"-- Provided by publisher.
Carly Castillo has only ever known Albacore Avenue. Abandoned as a child by her Filipina mother and Mexican-American father, Carly returns each morning from her nursing shift to the house she shares with her grandmother, Magdalena. But when Magdalena slips into dementia, Carly begins to imagine a life elsewhere. Jess Rivera, her boyfriend and all-star shortstop turned seaman, treasures the salty, familiar island air. Years ago, he had a chance to leave Galveston for a bigger city with more possibilities. But he didn't then, and he sure as hell won't now. Deftly moving through these characters' lives and those of the individuals who circle them--Mercedes, Jess's undocumented cousin; Kristin, Magdalena's daytime nurse; Luz, the wife of Carly's best friend; Schafer, Jess's coworker out on the gulf--Garza presents a mosaic depiction of everyday survival in Southern Texas. As word spreads of a storm gathering strength offshore, building into Hurricane Ike, they each must make a difficult decision: board up the windows and hunker down, or flee inland and abandon their hard-won home.

ISBN:

1250819857
9781250819857

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1262798159

LCCN:

2021060827

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

FPPC224 -- Murphy Helwig Library (Monona)

RQPC397 -- Panora Public Library (Panora)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

YWPD162 -- Tipton Public Library (Tipton)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)