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Podcast: Book Friends Forever
Episode: This Is the Only Kingdom by Jaquira DÃaz read by Almarie Guerra
Description: From the Whiting Award-winning author Jaquira DÃaz, an epic novel of a mother and daughter wrestling with the aftermath of a murder, set against the backdrop of a tightknit, working-class barrio in Puerto Rico.
When Maricarmen meets Rey el Cantante, beloved small-time Robin Hood and local musician on the rise, she begins to envision a life beyond the tight-knit community of el CaserÃo, Puerto Rico – beyond cleaning houses, beyond waiting tables, beyond the constant tug of war between the street hustlers and los camarones. But breaking free proves more difficult than she imagined, and she soon finds herself stru...