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Day 10 book 10 #12daysofbooksbywomen of color to buy as holiday gifts for people you especially love-including yourself: America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo. This book is 416 pages long and still I didn’t want it to end. It’s a sweeping novel that deftly moves between the northern Philippines and northern California telling the story of three generations of young women who are not so far apart in age. Castillo weaves issues of immigration, class, gender, sexuality, colonization and armed struggle into a sort of second life coming of age story. How she does it all in what seems like an effortlessly epic novel is beyond me, all I know is I already can’t wait for her next book. . . . . #americaisnottheheart #elainecastillo #PinayWriters #allpinayeverything #womenofcolor #WoCbooks #fiction #12daysofWoCbooks #holidaygifts #bookstagram #writersofinstagram #feminism #12DaysofInstagram #amreading #BayArea #americaisintheheart #bookstagrammer #binder #novels #queerhero #femaleprotagonists

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