{"product_id":"tell-it-to-me-singing-9781982157326","title":"Tell It to Me Singing","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn \"utterly unforgettable\" (Kevin Wilson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNothing to See Here\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel about a Cuban American family sent into a tailspin when the ailing matriarch confesses the first of several shocking secrets to her daughter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMónica Campo is pregnant with her first child when, moments before being wheeled into emergency heart surgery, her mother confesses a long-held secret: Mónica's father is not the man who raised her. But when her mother wakes up and begins having delusional episodes, Mónica doesn't know what to believe--whether the confession was real or just a channeling of the telenovela her mother watches nightly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her despair, Mónica wants to speak with only one person: her ex-boyfriend of five years, Manny. She can't help but worry, though, what this says about her relationship with her fiancé and father of her unborn child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMónica's search for the truth leads her to a new understanding of the past--the early '80s, when her parents arrived from Cuba on the famous Mariel boatlift, and the tumultuous '70s, a decade after Castro's takeover, when some people were still secretly fighting his regime--people like her mother and the man she claims is Mónica's real father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTell It to Me Singing \u003c\/i\u003eis \"so fantastic and funny, so full of life, and so full of genuine heart that, like your favorite binge-worthy show, you'll have trouble pulling yourself away\" (Cristina Henríquez, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Divide\u003c\/i\u003e). This \"rich portrait\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) of a family takes readers from Miami to Cuba to the jungles of Costa Rica and, along the way, explores the question of how and to whom we belong, how a life is built, and how we know we're home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTita Ramírez grew up in Miami, the daughter of a Cuban exile and a Kentucky native. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Normal School\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband and their two sons, and teaches creative writing at Elon University.\u003ci\u003e Tell It to Me Singing\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"S\u0026s\/ Marysue Rucci Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51415250731282,"sku":"9781982157326","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a2ac8d8-e0ef-486d-adf7-7094a0736f59.jpg?v=1751131589","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tell-it-to-me-singing-9781982157326","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}