The Madonnas of Echo Park

From : The Christian Science Monitor


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This debut novel about the intersecting lives of Mexican-Americans in East Los Angeles deftly tackles questions of culture, belonging, and identity.








This is the line that opens Brando Skyhorse’s debut novel, The Madonnas of Echo Park. Like the rest of Skyhorse’s rich and textured story, it comes from the unlikeliest of sources: a middle-aged undocumented Mexican day laborer named Hector, who must compete with workers half his age for a spot on a construction crew each morning.
As the intricate tale unwinds, we’re offered glimpses of the “land” that Hector speaks of – Echo Park, a Mexican neighborhood in East Los Angeles – from the points of view of eight residents, whose ordinary, working-class lives intersect under often extraordinary circumstances.



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