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With breathtaking imagery and lyrical prose, Diffenbaugh makes Letty’s growth from a troubled young mother to a responsible woman who learns to put her children first, but also allows herself the possibility of love, entirely believable. This standalone deftly weaves together tricky topics like immigration law, biology, and teen parenthood. “I was hooked from the first breathtaking pages of We Never Asked for Wings, caring about this exquisitely vulnerable family, hoping right along with them on every page that each heart-rending, impossible choice would lead them somewhere better together.”—Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice With breathtaking imagery and lyrical prose, Diffenbaugh makes Letty’s growth from a troubled young mother to a responsible woman who learns to put her children first, but also allows herself the possibility of love, entirely believable; hers is … After years of benign neglect, she has to learn what it means to be a parent who is emotionally present in her children's lives … For fourteen years, Letty Espinosa has worked three jobs around San Francisco to make ends meet while her … We Never Asked for Wings Vanessa Diffenbaugh, 2015 Random House 320 pp. “Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s We Never Asked for Wings propels us into a mother’s heart as she and her family travel down a rocky path to understanding and forgiveness. Like many of you, I'd been anxiously awaiting a second novel from The Language of Flowers author Diffenbaugh. We Never Asked For Wings Vanessa Diffenbaugh Fiction 310 Pages; pub 2016 For fourteen years, Letty Espinosa has worked three jobs around San Francisco to make ends meet while her mother raised her children--Alex, now fifteen, and Luna, six--in their tiny apartment on a forgotten spit of wetlands near the bay. "Vanessa Diffenbaugh's We Never Asked for Wings propels us into a mother's heart as she and her family travel down a rocky path to understanding and forgiveness. “Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s We Never Asked for Wings propels us right into a mother’s heart as she and her family travel down a rocky path to understanding and forgiveness. Like many of you, I'd been anxiously awaiting a second novel from The Language of Flowers author Diffenbaugh. But he and Letty are not so dissimilar, and both are prepared to risk everything for those they love. ISBN-13: 9780553392319 Summary From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Language of Flowers comes her much-anticipated new novel about young love, hard choices, and hope against all odds. The exact reason is unknown, but at twilight, just when the sun drops beyond the horizon line, birds flying in the wrong direction correct their flight paths all at once.” ― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, We Never Asked for Wings. With breathtaking imagery and lyrical prose, Diffenbaugh makes Letty’s growth from a troubled young mother to a responsible woman who learns to put her children first, but also allows herself the possibility of love, entirely … We Never Asked for Wings is a story of redemption as Letty Epinosa picks up the mantle of motherhood when her parents decide to move back to Mexico. Comprar libro completo al MEJOR PRECIO nuevo o segunda mano en Casa del Libro México These are the themes Vanessa Diffenbaugh explored in her book club-friendly debut, The Language of Flowers, and they’re the same themes we see again in her new novel, We Never Asked for Wings. This standalone deftly weaves together tricky topics like immigration law, biology, and teen parenthood. Honest and compelling, We Never Asked for Wings is about family; it's about the decisions we take, the mistakes we make, the people we trust, and, above all, how - and where - we find love. With breathtaking imagery and lyrical prose, Diffenbaugh makes Letty’s growth from a troubled young mother to a responsible woman who learns to put her children first, but also allows herself the possibility of love, entirely … "Vanessa Diffenbaugh's We Never Asked for Wings propels us into a mother's heart as she and her family travel down a rocky path to understanding and forgiveness. Buy the Paperback Book We Never Asked For Wings: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh at Indigo.ca, Canada's largest bookstore. But he and Letty are not so dissimilar, and both are prepared to risk everything for those they love.Honest and compelling, We Never Asked for Wings is about family; it's about the decisions we take, the mistakes we make, the people we trust and, above all, how - and where - we find love.