Reuniting with Strangers

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 1771623586 ISBN13: 9781771623582 Release Date: April 2024 Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre Length: 240 Pages Weight: 0.80 lbs. Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9" Reuniting with Strangers is a kaleidoscopic debut novel-in-stories that maps the separations and reconnections of diasporic Filipino families whose stories intersect with the journey of an enigmatic five-year-old named Monolith. Vera has been dreaming for years about the day she will be reunited with her son Monolith, who has been raised by her sister in the Philippines ever since Vera moved overseas to work as a caregiver. But when he finally arrives, Monolith is violent, destructive, and unable--or unwilling?--to speak. Monolith and Vera weave themselves through the chapters that follow, as new characters take up the narrative, telling their own stories and providing insight into Monolith's psyche. Incorporating a plethora of forms--emails, text messages, resumes,