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What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

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First published: 2023
Pages: 289

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The debut book "What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez" by Claire Jiménez is incredibly moving. The Ramirez family on Staten Island who are plagued by the loss of their middle child Ruthy, who vanished when she was thirteen is at the center of the narrative. Twelve years later Ruthy's startling likeness to a woman on a reality TV show is noticed by Jessica the oldest sister.

The family is forced to confront their history and look to the future as a result of this discovery, which sends them on a path of healing and reckoning. In a vivid family portrait full of sarcasm, resentment, compassion, and love, the work tackles issues of colonialism, racism, familial ties, generational violence, and silence.

About the author

Claire Jiménez

Claire Jiménez is a Puerto Rican writer who grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York. She is the author of the short story collection Staten Island Stories (2019) and the novel What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez (2023), which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

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