The boy who vowed to escape the hole.
A first-person autobiographical novel where memory meets magical realism and neighborhood humor. There are no perfect heroes in these pages. There is a mother who turns love into the bread that never disappears from…
A first-person autobiographical novel where memory meets magical realism and neighborhood humor.
There are no perfect heroes in these pages. There is a mother who turns love into the bread that never disappears from the table; siblings who learn to hold each other up when their world collapses; and a boy who discovers that a wound can become a path forward.
Literary Style
- Memory and lived truth shaped through literature
- Realism and magical realism
- Symbolism and hyperbole
- Neighborhood humor and tenderness
- Faith, spirituality, dignity, and hope
No one is destined to die in the same place where they were wounded.