July 2010 Book Club Selection

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Iris Gomez

author of Try to Remember

(Published by Grand Central Publishing)

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About the Book

If she tries, Gabriela can almost remember when her father went off to work . . . when her mother wasn't struggling to undo the damage he caused . . . when a short temper didn't lead to physical violence. But Gabi cannot live in the past, not when one more outburst could jeopardize her family's future. So she trades the life of a normal Miami teenager for a career of carefully managing her father's delusions and guarding her mother's secrets. As Gabi navigates her family's twisting path of lies and revelations, relationships and loss, she finds moments of happiness in unexpected places. Ultimately Gabi must discover the strength she needs to choose what's right for her: serving her parents or a future of her own.

About the Author

Iris Gomez is the author of two poetry collections, Housicwhissick Blue and When Comets Rained, and the
recipient of a prestigious National Poetry Prize from the University of California.

A respected public interest attorney, she is a nationally-recognized expert on the rights of immigrants in the United States, representing civil rights groups and high impact cases that have garnered professional awards including a Las Primeras award for Latina trailblazers in Massachusetts. Iris has frequently been called upon to write and speak on immigration-related topics and has appeared in the media, including on the nationally televised Christina show and Boston's celebrated bilingual late-night radio program, ¡Con Salsa!
 
Born in Cartagena, Colombia, she moved to the U.S. as a child and grew up in Miami, Florida. She and her family now make their home near Boston.

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