Francisco Goldman

A densely packed and wonderful family story of a complex group of people over three generations. The main character (Francisco) comes from a Jewish father and a Guatemalan mother who becomes a writer and he struggles to make sense of his complex background. As a youth he is called Monkey Boy by bullies and eventually overcomes this stigma. He has a complicated abusive father and his kind mother also tries to get past dad's abuse. Grandma and other relatives are major players in the book book set in the United Atates and Guatemala. The novel deserves all of it's plaudets.… (altro)