02764cam a2200385 i 4500 678389450 TxAuBib 20230228120000.0 220120s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021060827 9781250819857 hardcover 1250819857 hardcover (OCoLC)1262798159 TXAAL eng rda TXAAL TxAuBib rda Garza, Kimberly, 1985- The last Karankawas : a novel / Kimberly Garza. First edition. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022. ©2022. 274 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A kaleidoscopic, emotionally charged debut about a tight-knit community of Mexican and Filipino families on the Texas coast. Unflinching, lyrical, and singular, The Last Karankawas is a portrait of America rarely witnessed, where browning palm trees and oily waters mark the forefront of ecological change. It is a deeply imagined exploration of familial inheritance, human perseverance, and the histories we assign to ourselves, establishing Kimberly Garza as a brilliant new literary voice"-- Provided by publisher. Carly Castillo has only ever known Albacore Avenue. Abandoned as a child by her Filipina mother and Mexican-American father, Carly returns each morning from her nursing shift to the house she shares with her grandmother, Magdalena. But when Magdalena slips into dementia, Carly begins to imagine a life elsewhere. Jess Rivera, her boyfriend and all-star shortstop turned seaman, treasures the salty, familiar island air. Years ago, he had a chance to leave Galveston for a bigger city with more possibilities. But he didn't then, and he sure as hell won't now. Deftly moving through these characters' lives and those of the individuals who circle them--Mercedes, Jess's undocumented cousin; Kristin, Magdalena's daytime nurse; Luz, the wife of Carly's best friend; Schafer, Jess's coworker out on the gulf--Garza presents a mosaic depiction of everyday survival in Southern Texas. As word spreads of a storm gathering strength offshore, building into Hurricane Ike, they each must make a difficult decision: board up the windows and hunker down, or flee inland and abandon their hard-won home. 20230228. Desertion and non-support Fiction. Hurricane Ike, 2008 Fiction. Small cities Fiction. Galveston (Tex) Fiction. Domestic fiction. Novels. Fiction. TXAAL