Down to the Bone
About this book
Here's what it means to be a tortillera. It means you're a girl who loves girls. Which means you get kicked out of Catholic school faster than Mother Superior Sicko can say "immoral." Which means your wacko Mami finds out. Which means you're kicked to the curb with nowhere to go, and the love of your life is shipped off to Puerto Rico to marry a guy.But this is Miami, and if you have a bighearted best friend and a loyal puppy at your side, and if your broken heart is still full of love, you just might land on your feet.In a first novel as crazy, joyful, hilarious, and painful as your first love, Mayra Lazara Dole goes beyond the many meanings of tortillera to paint a vivid picture of a girl who gets kicked out of home only to find a new kind of family.
Reader Profile
4.0/5 · 2853 readers · 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Light
How long does it take to read Down to the Bone?
About ≈ 7 h 07 m — 384 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Down to the Bone?
384 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Down to the Bone?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is Down to the Bone in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Down to the Bone?
Mayra Lazara Dole.