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Jul 25, 2023 · In Family Lore, out Aug. 1, Flor, a seer of deaths, summons her family—including her sisters Matilde, Pastora, and Camila, daughter Ona, and niece Yadi—to celebrate her life at a living wake,...
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Spanning the three days prior to the wake, Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, Santo Domingo and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedo’s inimitable and incandescent voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces—one family’s journey through their ...
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American writer and novelist who is best recognized for having written the New York Times bestselling books The Poet X and With the Fire on High. She is also known for having won the Pure Belpre Aythor Award in 2019 for her focus on portraying Latinx culture and experiences.
She attended The George Washington University where she earned her Bachelor's degree in Performing Arts. She then went on to earn her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. She started her career as a participant in the Callaloo Writer's Workshops.
While she was born in New York City, she later settled in Washington, DC with her husband Shakir Cannon-Moye. She shared a photo of her niece to Instagram in June of 2019.
Other winners of the National Book Award in the Young People's Literature category include Lloyd Alexander and Jason Reynolds.
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- February 15, 1988
- New York City, New York
Jul 29, 2023 · Author Elizabeth Acevedo's new novel, Family Lore, centers four sisters — Matilde, Flor, Pastora, and Camila — and their daughters.
Dec 7, 2023 · "Family Lore," and its Spanish translation, "Sabiduría Familiar," is a magical intergenerational tale loosely inspired by Acevedo's mother and tías that touches on family, love, and grief.
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Aug 1, 2023 · These are the Marte sisters — Matilde, Flor, Pastora and Camila — who live at the center of Elizabeth Acevedo’s prismatic new novel, “Family Lore,” a labyrinthine tale of sisterhood and the...
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Aug 8, 2023 · Family Lore is a multigenerational Dominican American family saga that delves into the lives of sisters — one of whom, Flor, is throwing herself a living wake. She has the gift of predicting deaths before they occur, and her sisters are worried that she’s next, but she won’t give them any details.
