America Is Not the Heart

Description:

After fleeing the Philippines, Hero De Vera arrives at her uncles where she is given a fresh start. He asks no questions about her disturbing political past, but his daughter, the first American-born family member, is unable to resist her curiosity especially about her cousin's damaged hands.

subjects: Family secrets,  Immigrants,  Filipino American women,  Fiction,  Filipinos,  American Dream,  Filipino American families,  Identity (Psychology),  Fiction, family life,  Fiction, women,  Asian americans, fiction,  San francisco (calif.), fiction,  Fiction, general,  New York Times reviewed,  LGBTQ novels,  Families,  Contemporary Women,  Literary,  Filipino Americans

Places: United States,  San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)