How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

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How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

A Novel

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  • 1 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first time in decades. Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to narrate the story of her life. Over the course of twelve sessions, Cara recounts her tempestuous love affairs, her alternately biting and loving relationships with her neighbor Lulu and her sister Angela, her struggles with debt, gentrification and loss, and, eventually, what really happened between her and her estranged son, Fernando. As Cara confronts her darkest secrets and regrets, we see a woman buffeted by life but still full of fight.

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Flatiron Books
Language
English

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How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
2024, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water: A Novel
Sep 05, 2023, Flatiron Books
paperback
Cover of: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
2023, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water: A Novel
2022, Cengage Gale
in English
Cover of: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water: A Novel
2022, Flatiron Books
in English
Cover of: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water: A Novel
2022, Flatiron Books
in English

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Library of Congress
PS3603.R89 H69 2022

The Physical Object

Pagination
336
Weight
0.450

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL36884046M
ISBN 13
9781250208453
LCCN
2022018467
OCLC/WorldCat
1289243542

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL27172732W

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