How does Alma’s lingering guilt about Maribel’s accident affect her choices and interactions when she’s in America? Do you think that she still feels this way by the end of the book? What does she have to do, and realize within herself, to move beyond her feelings? Do other characters besides Alma struggle with guilt? How does this emotion echo throughout the book, even among the varying narrators/voices?
For further information about the author, check out:
http://www.cristinahenriquez.com/
For information about the Unknown Americans Project, check out:
http://unknownamericans.tumblr.com/
For interviews with author Cristina Henriquez:
https://lareviewofbooks.org/interview/three-questions-cristina-henriquez
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/novelist-cristina-henriquez-immigrants-unknown-americans-n276336
