We Have Always Been Who We Are by Sofia T. Romero

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Have Always Been Who We Are Author: Sofia T. Romero Narrator: Carolina Hoyos, Inés Del Castillo, Frankie Corzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 10, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: From Pushcart Prize–nominated author Sofia T. Romero comes a breathtaking debut collection of interrelated stories suffused with magical realism. In stories that evoke the haunting beauty of New England beaches and resonate with a bittersweet loneliness, Romero blurs the lines between life and death, reality and fantasy. A deceased woman counsels her son’s fiancée on how to be a good wife to him, with disastrous consequences. A mysterious, commanding cat appears in a young woman’s home, as inexplicable as the demise of her years-long relationship with her boyfriend. At turns humorous, sorrowful, and whimsical, this collection spans the familiar setting of a college-town supermarket and eerie dystopias that are not just postpandemic but postart. Romero masterfully conveys the follies of youth and the regrets of life, and a sense of loss—of a relationship, a child, a time before—pervades each page. With this remarkable debut, Romero joins the ranks of writers such as Brenda Peynado and Marytza K. Rubio, offering a superb collection of speculative fiction with a distinctly Latina perspective. We Have Always Been Who We Are is at its heart a testament to the power of storytelling, and an invitation to develop our inner strength through the imagination.