Let it Rain Coffee by Angie Cruz

Let it Rain Coffee by Angie Cruz

Really enjoyed this book. I felt like it was (abstractly) a criticism of the idea of the American dream (and maybe a little bit consumerism) and it was done beautifully. Non-abstractly it was the story of a family struggling with day-to-day life in an America that was not all it seemed (and what it seemed, to them, was the TV show Dallas). The characters were compelling and I easily turned pages. I always wanted more and I never felt fed up with the story. It is also a story of immigration, assimilation, second generations, where “home” really is, the meaning of family… overall, really enjoyed it.

Read it if you want to fall into somebody else’s shoes for a while and see America from different view, from both hope and discontent.