*A Phenomenal Book Club Pick
* An IndieNext Pick
* A Goodreads Editors’ Pick
* A Bookshop Editors’ Pick'
* A Ms. Magazine October Pick
* A Best Book of the Year by Bookshop
* A Best Debut of the Year by Debutiful
* One of Electric Literature’s “75 Books by Women of Color to Read in 2024”
From the National Book Award-winning translator, an exquisite, atmospheric, and wise debut novel of a young Brazilian woman’s first year in America, a continent away from her lonely mother, and the relationship they build over video calls across borders.
“By many measures, Bruna Dantas Lobato is quite the literary star.” —The New York Times