Jubilee: a novel

✍ Scribed by Jennifer Givhan

• Book ID: 100602363
• Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 452 KB
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Fiction
• City: Imperial Valley (Calif. and Mexico), Mexicali (Mexico), Mexico--Mexicali., North America--Imperial V
• ISBN: 1538556758

✦ Synopsis

When Bianca appears late one night at her brother's house in Santa Ana, she is barely conscious, though not alone. Jubilee, wrapped in a fuzzy pink romper, is buckled into a car seat. Jubilee, who Bianca feeds and clothes and bathes and loves. Jubilee, who Bianca could not leave behind. Jubilee, a doll in her arms. Told in alternating points of view, Jubilee reveals both the haunting power of our lived experiences and the surreal possibility of the present to heal the past. The first thread, "Before Jubilee," follows Bianca in her girlhood home on the Mexicali border as she struggles with her high school sweetheart, Gabe, and a secret they've shared since she was fifteen. The second thread, "With Jubilee," is told from the point of view of her new love, Joshua, who, along with Bianca's family, helps her cope with a mysterious trauma by accepting Jubilee as part of the family. As Joshua's love for Bianca grows, he fears that Jubilee has the power to tear his tiny family apart....

✦ Subjects

North America -- Imperial Valley