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Title How we named the stars : a novel / Andrés N. Ordorica.
Author Ordorica, Andrés N. (Andrés Nicolás), author.
Publication Info. Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2024.
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Location Call No. Status
 Hiawassee  FIC ORD    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  FIC ORD    Check Shelves
 South Creek  FIC ORD    Checked Out
Edition First US edition.
Description xiii, 286 pages ; 22 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Includes reader's guide.
Summary "When Daniel de La Luna arrives as a scholarship student at an elite East Coast university, he bears the weight of his family's hopes and dreams, and the burden of sharing his late uncle's name. Daniel flounders at first-but then Sam, his roommate, changes everything. As their relationship evolves from brotherly banter to something more intimate, Daniel soon finds himself in love with a man who helps him see himself in a new light. But just as their relationship takes flight, Daniel is pulled away, first by Sam's hesitation and then by a brutal turn of events that changes Daniel's life forever. As he grapples with profound loss, Daniel finds himself in his family's ancestral homeland in México for the summer, facing a host of new questions: What will Ithaca mean without Sam? How does the person he is connect with this place his family comes from? And how might he reconcile the many parts of himself as he learns to move forward? Equal parts tender and triumphant, Andrés N. Ordorica's How We Named the Stars is a debut novel of love, heartache, redemption, and learning to honor the dead; a story of finding the strength to figure out who you are-and who you could be-if only the world would let you"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Male college students -- Fiction.
Gay men -- Fiction.
Mexican Americans -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
New York (State) -- Fiction.
Mexico -- Fiction.
LGBTQ -- Fiction.
College students -- Fiction.
First loves -- Fiction.
Grief -- Fiction.
Genre Queer fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Novels.
ISBN 9781959030331 paperback : $17.95
1959030337 paperback