Catalina Format:Paperback we can’t always prepare for

we can’t always prepare for the magical moments that change everything

illustrations

For readers of Paul Beatty’s The Sellout and Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown

But they shouldn’t have to do it alone

inner city communities were blighted by poverty and unemployment–but not by the drug wars that tore families apart

Catalina Format:Paperback we can’t always prepare forNATIONAL BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom [A] sparkling fiction debut.The New York Times Book Review (Editors Choice) [A] fresh and unflinching take on the campus