A National Book Award Finalist and instant New York Times bestseller--a poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary novel about a teenage girl who loses her sister and finds herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican-American home.
Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister\'s story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal?.
With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out.
But it\'s not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as Perfect as everyone thought.
Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.
And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too.
Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family.
That was Olga\'s role.
But Julia is not Your Perfect Mexican daughter.
Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family.
And they do not move out of their parents\' house after high school graduation. -- The New York Times Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college.
Alive and crackling--a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A stunning (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.
A National Book Award Finalist and instant New York Times bestseller--a poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary novel about a teenage girl who loses her sister and finds herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican-American home
