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Let it rain coffee is such a powerful and painful read because the story highlights so many of the struggles that ensue in the conflict between dreams and reality for the Colon family, and the experiences they have leaving the Dominican Republic for New York. Something I found to be thoughtful and engaging was how the narrative dives into the memories of Don Chan. His memories highlight how time can stop feeling linear and how the past shapes the future, particularly as his memories merge with t...
Okay novel about a Dominican family that leaves DR to make it in the US. Esperanza and her husband, Santo, have two children (Bobby and Dallas) and live in a tenement in New York City. The family is in America because Esperanza became obsessed with reruns of the soap opera Dallas that she watched in DR and she decided that life in America would be better than life in the DR. Santo's father, Don Chan, comes to live with the family after his wife dies. Cruz does an excellent job of showing how Don...
Really enjoyed this book. A criticism of the idea of the American dream & consumerism and it was done beautifully. Non-abstractly it was the story of a family struggling with day-to-day life in an America that was not all it seemed (and what it seemed, to them, was the TV show Dallas). The characters were compelling and I easily turned pages. I always wanted more and I never felt fed up with the story. It is also a story of immigration, assimilation, second generations, where “home” really is, t...
¡Maldita sea! I wish I could give this 3 and a half stars, but the system doesn't work that way.We are forced to live within the confines of the system just as struggling immigrants from the Dominican Republic are forced to live within the systems - social, institutional, familial - that they find themselves in in Nuevo York in the 90s. Cruz paints the story of struggle that newcomers fleeing their homelands have in common, like a Philip Roth novel or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, like some many oth...
I first saw this book on a Florida professor's class list of contemporary Latin American literature, and weeks later, someone recommended it as a light read for a beach trip I took with the hubby (although now I'm wondering if I should've taken Barthes's A Lover's Discourse: Fragments so that I could lose my footing and once again become "too literary," as my husband puts it, at a dinner discussion). I wouldn't call this a light read, even with its simple sentence structure; rather, I'd say it's...
This is a multi-faceted and fascinating portrait of three generations of the fictional Colon family. Don Chan, who arrived in the Dominican Republic as a Chinese orphan, is the aging patriarch. His son Santo and Santo's wife, Esperanza, live in Nuevo York (NYC) with their two children, Bobby and Dallas. Don Chan comes to live with his children, after the death of his wife. At the time of Don Chan's arrival, he is already showing signs of dementia. All of the members of the family became real to
Swimming in vibrant visual language, Cruz takes us from the Dominican Republic to Neuva York. Chef Cruz has curated a story which so perfectly balances the horrors of dictatorship, the chasm of the class divide, media brainwashing, consumerism, individual want and desire, the conflicting obligation of family, racism, mortality and yet how stunning our existence is.
I would probably give 3 1/2 stars if I could. I enjoyed this book, especially the parts about the Dominican Republic. I am in awe of hard working women who after a full day's work still go home and cook for their families and take care of aging parents. My only complaint is that the story is very typical- Family from the islands comes to NYC for a better life only to end up in a tenament building.
This book I review is a solid 4 for me. The characters are great and for the most part are relatable. It is very interesting how we see what the main characters actions and conflicts. There is nothing to complain about except the flashbacks that the book gives us. The conflict in the flashback are not well described compare to the main conflict which makes me crave more from the conflict. This is why I give this book 4 stars.
I admit that I didn't finish this. I gave it about 70 pages and it didn't engage me.
The American dream, tale as old as time. Many millions across the world dream of making a better life for themselves in America. Let it Rain Coffee explores the reality of the American dream for a family from the Dominican Republic. This emotional read paints a realistic picture of the struggle that is the American dream, while also delving into family dynamics, grief and culture. Cruz writing is perfect for this book, written in third person, she has ensured that each character stands alone wit...
Cruz captivates the reader right from the beginning. As she enthralls the readers and intertwines them with several narratives, providing just enough for you to connect and then leave this tingling feeling inside you that desires more. All the while, however, she develops a narrative that looks at a family tied by an island and separated by these multiple subcultures, some created within the individual minds of each character, and lived experiences. She magnifies specific aspects of these indivi...
