A review by leslielu67
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea

5.0

Big multu-generational saga that takes place over many decades, two countries, but only one long weekend. Big Angel (patriarch of the family) is dying of cancer at 70, but his family throws a big birthday party for him on the same weekend that his mother is buried. As family and friends wash through the house, so do memories, grievances, reconciliation, revelations. Little Angel, Big's half-brother, comes down from Seattle for the festivities. The author reads his own book in the audible, and his cadence and accents are just delicious. [97th completed book of the year!]