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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,...
- Nicole Chung
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 history, helping them better navigate all that is to come.
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.
- Saraciea Fennell
Aug 8, 2023 · Ultimately, Family Lore is a novel about lineage, making a full picture from parts of one, memory, and how we’re all a product of what our families have taught us — or neglected to. Shondaland spoke with Acevedo about oral history, the way women hold one another up, and truth-telling.
Acevedo was raised in Harlem, New York City, by Dominican immigrant parents. [1] She is the youngest child and only daughter. [7] By the age of 12, Acevedo decided she wanted to be a rapper, but later realized she really wanted to perform poetry.
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Sep 9, 2023 · Written with lyricism and thorough care for the characters, Family Lore is Dominican-American poet Elizabeth Acevedo’s first adult offering.
