000			02889cam a22003858i 4500
001			on1052904757
003			OCoLC
005			20190613112612.0
008			180913s2019 nyu 000 f eng
010			_a 2018043234
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dYDX _dBDX _dGK8 _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dJTD _dOCLCO _dJNE _dOCO _dOCLCO _dOCLCA _dHQD _dZGR _dNFG
019			_a1050280356
020			_a9780525655435 _q(hardback)
020			_a0525655433 _q(hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1052904757 _z(OCoLC)1050280356
042			_apcc
092			_aCasares, _bOscar
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aCásares, Oscar, _d1964- _eauthor. _9403455
245	1	0	_aWhere we come from / _cOscar Cásares.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, _c2019.
300			_a256 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"Borzoi books."
520			_a"From the acclaimed author Brownsville and Amigoland--a stunning and timely new novel about a Mexican-American family in a Texas border town who reluctantly become involved in smuggling immigrants into the United States. Brownsville, Texas, has a dangerous reputation: it sits on the U.S. side of the bridge into Matamoros, Mexico, a city controlled by notorious cartels. But that isn't why 12-year-old Orly doesn't want to visit. Though he's still grieving the death of his mother, his father, Victor, is making him spend the summer in Brownsville with his godmother, Nina. Now a successful ad executive in Houston, Victor was raised in Brownsville and thinks it will do Orly good to know about his less-privileged roots. But Nina, distracted by having to care for her elderly mother, seems only to have rules for Orly. In particular: Don't go near the back house. . . Nina has spent her own life following rules and sacrificing her own desires for others' needs. But when a single act of kindness toward her desperate Mexican cleaning lady begins to spiral out of control, Nina risks exposure from all sides--not only from her curious godson and her controlling brother, but from ruthless human traffickers and the police. Now, Nina will have to face the secrets she's long kept if she has any hope of helping the people suddenly under her care. Tackling the crisis of U.S. immigration policy from an unusual, deeply humane angle, Where We Come From explores the ways that family history shapes us, how secrets can burden us, and how finding compassion and understanding for others can ultimately set us free"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aHuman smuggling _vFiction. _997632
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction. _93570
650		0	_aMexican Americans _vFiction. _936254
651		0	_aBrownsville (Tex.) _vFiction. _9403456
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c294208 _d294208