Gringa the faithful and the fallen a "book of the year"

a "book of the year" in multiple newspapers

Wallerstein sensitively illustrates how children of divorce often feel that their relationships are doomed

including when to call the doctor

With the Giant-King lost to a mysterious doom

coastal environment of Lummi Island

Gringa the faithful and the fallen a "book of the year"Torn between the high socioeconomic status of her father and the bohemian lifestyle of her mother, Melissa Hart tells a compelling story of contradiction in this coming of age memoir. Set in 1970s Southern California, Gringa is the story of a young girl conflicted by two extremes. On the one hand theres life with her mother, who leaves her father to begin a lesbian relationship, taking Hart and her two siblings along. Hart tells of her moms new life