Many thanks to NetGalley and Recorded Books RB Media for gifting me an audio ARC of this debut book by Federico Erebia and wonderfully narrated by Frankie Corzo and Tim Andrés Pabon - 4 stars!
Daniel and Pedro are Mexican American brothers growing up in Ohio in the 1970s. Their mother resents that Pedro is darker like his father and that he likes dolls and not sports. So he gets the brunt of his mother's abuse. The brothers share a bond that continues throughout their life.
This book is based on the author's own childhood and provides the legacy that Daniel longed for. It's a story that touches on so many difficult subjects - growing up gay, especially in the 1970s, racism, abuse, the abuses in the Catholic Church. But it's also a story of loyalty and unbreakable bonds between brothers. The audiobook was wonderful because there were different narrators for each brother and the spoken Spanish was beautiful.
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