by Yamile Saied Méndez
Oh wow oh wow. Loved it, and can't tell why without spilling the ending all over the floor. She did cut the ending a little short--the last chapter covered a lot of time quickly --but that was okay by me. The chapters that led up to it were not cut short, and they were intense.
Set in Argentina (I think), it tells of a woman on the edge of adulthood, living in a machismo-driven culture with a loving but ineffectual mother, a brother who is expected to be a football star but isn't, and an over controlling father with a vile temper. The threat of violence threads through this book like an evil worm working its way to the heart. Camila lives and breathes to play football but gets to face distractions in the way of an old childhood friend now turned star player. Will she give up her dreams for a safe escape from her abusive home?
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