Let It Rain Coffee

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Praise for Let It Rain Coffee

“There are interludes reminiscent of García Márquez…and others that reveal Cruz’s own distinctive narrative gifts.”

—Mark Schone, The New York Times

“Cruz is adept at weaving the distinct personalities into the disconcerting fabric of the immigrant nightmare…. With such a sharp ear for voice and a knack for characterization, Cruz is on the cusp of master storytelling.”

—El Paso Times

“Cruz’s unvarnished, sympathetic account of immigrant struggles suggests she is a writer worth watching.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Cruz handles this sad tale with dignity devoid of melodrama. She demonstrates enormous affection for her characters without sentimentalizing their naïveté or ignorance.”

—Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Soledad

“[P]oignant and…a surreal reading experience tempered by the fine lines created between dream and reality. Tinted with the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Cruz’s first novel is that of man and woman, selective amnesia and persistent memories, redemption and survival.”

—The Boston Globe

“A vivid, breathing cityscape teeming with raw beauty, danger, and magic…Cruz shows much promise as a writer.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

“Cruz has created a compelling heroine…nobody’s ever really given us such a revealing look at New York’s Dominican population before, with its mix of working-class solidity and irritability from living on America’s margins…. Cruz, in this determinedly real yet often magical novel, offers canny insights into family life.”

—Los Angeles Times

“Angie Cruz is a revelation. She writes with confidence and compassion. She cleaves through the evasions and silences that obscure so much of what we call the ‘immigrant experience.’”

—Junot Diaz, author of Drown

“Angie Cruz is the real thing. She writes with rare combination of fierce passion and tender compassion for her unforgettable world.”

—Cristina García, author of Dreaming in Cuban and The Agüero Sisters

Also by Angie Cruz

Soledad

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2005 by Angie Cruz

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Cruz, Angie.

Let it rain coffee: a novel / Angie Cruz.

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