'Sparkling' NEW YORK TIMES 'Magnetic' IRA GLASS 'Fierce' TIME When Catalina a witty
vulnerable and beautiful Ecuadorian student arrives at Harvard she feels like one of the
chosen. She is a miracle child who has escaped death in Latin America to be raised by
undocumented grandparents and now studies at the most prestigious university in the world. She
knows she has to play the part but she also wants to have a good time in the process. And so
begins her era of opulent parties secret societies desirable internships flings with rich
men and plenty of vodka sodas. But in her final year undocumented immigrants become the
target of political turmoil and Catalina's life back in New York begins to unravel. As the
clock ticks on the precarious future of her family what will she sacrifice to save the people
she loves the most? Catalina is a daring glamorous and sharply observed campus novel about
coming into your own and the endless possibilities of freedom love and power. 'She is a
worthy student of Gabriel García Márquez' The Atlantic '[A] fresh and unflinching take on the
campus novel' PEOPLE 'Destined to be a contemporary American classic' FRANCISCO GOLDMAN
author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Monkey Boy
