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Oct 20, 2013uncommonreader rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This short (125 pages), autobiographic novel is about three brothers born to teenage parents, a white mother and Puerto Rican father. Their family life is intense and told in a mosaic of images, like memory. The youngest (unnamed) son breaks away from the family as an adolescent. Although there is some violence in their lifes, there is also tenderness and love. Torres writes well, although at times it verges on the precious. Nevertheless, recommended.