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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez
"When he returned to Los Ojos several years later, he was practically a living skeleton. Toward the very end, the sores all over his face and mouth attracted flies. His mother would sit next to him and shoo them away with a rag. Some of the townspeople said that it was his own fault for being gay, for bending over for all of Tijuana."
At the beginning of this book, I didn't think I was going to like it. I couldn't really relate to anything with the main character/narrator Julia. She seemed like a very negative person who said everything that was on her mind. Towards the middle is when I finally started to like her and understood why she was the way she was. She lost a sister and she was always reminded of how much she wasn't like her. Her mom suffocated her and had a dad who was there but wasn't at the same time.
I didn't really care for her mom mainly because she seemed to much but when Julia went to Mexico to see her family I really felt for her mom. It reminds me of a lot of people I know who don't have good relationships with their parents. You have to really mature a bit and see your parents as people who were once like you. I think this is a book that everyone should read. It deals with depression, suicide, family traditions, and trying to come into yourself. This book is definitely a conversation starter when it comes to immigration, family trama, and mental health.
At the beginning of this book, I didn't think I was going to like it. I couldn't really relate to anything with the main character/narrator Julia. She seemed like a very negative person who said everything that was on her mind. Towards the middle is when I finally started to like her and understood why she was the way she was. She lost a sister and she was always reminded of how much she wasn't like her. Her mom suffocated her and had a dad who was there but wasn't at the same time.
I didn't really care for her mom mainly because she seemed to much but when Julia went to Mexico to see her family I really felt for her mom. It reminds me of a lot of people I know who don't have good relationships with their parents. You have to really mature a bit and see your parents as people who were once like you. I think this is a book that everyone should read. It deals with depression, suicide, family traditions, and trying to come into yourself. This book is definitely a conversation starter when it comes to immigration, family trama, and mental health.