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America Is Not the Heart

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First published: 2018
Pages: 378

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America Is Not the Heart is an exceptional novel written by author Elaine Castillo that is readable for multiple generations telling the story of the life of three women from an immigrant Filipino family. The novel is set in the last part of the twentieth-century United States. This novel tells the story of Hero de Vera, Paz, and Roni's life struggles as an immigrant in America and their achievements. This is an exceptional telenovela that explores the themes of identity, immigration, and the enduring power of the past.

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Elaine Castillo

America Is Not the Heart follows a former doctor from the Philippines, imprisoned and broken under Marcos, living with relatives in a California suburb and working out of a food truck, and it opens in the second person, addressed to her mother. Castillo takes the title from Carlos Bulosan and spends the novel arguing with him.

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