High Spirits

By Camille Gomera-Tavarez

Book Overview

Pura Belpr? Honor Book

BEST OF THE YEAR
Chicago Review of Books - Kirkus - Los Angeles Public Library

Publishers Weekly Flying Start

High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, from debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez.

It is a book centered on one extended family - the Bel?ns - across multiple generations.

It is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa - and Santo Domingo and Paterson and San Juan and Washington Heights too.

It is told in a style both utterly real and distinctly magical - and its stories explore machismo, mental health, family, and identity.

But most of all, High Spirits represents the first book from Camille Gomera-Tavarez, who takes her place as one of the most extraordinary new voices to emerge in years.

For fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Sandra Cisneros, Angie Cruz, and Yaa Gyasi

P R A I S E

★ "Authentic and immersive...A labor of love imbued with dedication to family."
--Kirkus (starred)

★ "Deeply personal and relatable. Steeped in nostalgia and harsh but fierce love, this is a memorable family saga in its own right."
--Booklist (starred)

★ "Full of vivid and poetic imagery... settings worthy of drinking in, and thematic material ripe for contemplation about identity, intergenerational memory, and patriarchy and toxic masculinity, Gomera-Tavarez's soulfully crafted debut is a sensitive, intrinsically feminist work."
--Publishers Weekly (starred)

"A magical and unflinching look at the Dominican Diaspora."
--Dominican Writers Association

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646141296
• ISBN13: 9781646141296
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Levine Querido
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary