Books
Book review: Poignant and humorous depiction of one woman’s struggle through life’s labours
Angie Cruz’s skilfully crafted story knits the personal experience of an out-of-work immigrant single mother into the wider system of Obama-era America
Cara Romero, a single mother from the Dominican Republic and long-term resident of New York’s Washington Heights, needs a new job. She worked at “the factory of little lamps” for 25 years and is still grieving the relative economic security and companionship of her lost routine.
“Every day we would get into the small van carrying our lunches, checking in with each other. Every day crossing the bridge I saw the sun come out of ...
