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From the author of Plantains and the Seven Plagues, comes the second inspirational, heartwarming book that weaves with eloquence and grace the story of Finn-whom we first met in Just Finn-a young autistic man who must navigate the world on his own now that he is an adult and no longer living in the shadow of his abusive parents...A lot has happened to Finn since that fateful day, several years ago, when he first met psychiatrist, Dr. Vincenzo-...

Meet Finnegan MacManus, or just "Finn" as he prefers to be called. His life began when he was 18 years old. He was born 18 years earlier, but he had never truly lived. Since birth he had been different and his parents were indifferent toward him. His mother never bonded with her infant son. He never cried or smiled. As he got older he would scream and throw his arms around when something did not go his way. And nothing ever went his way. The w...

La autora Paz Ellis guía a los lectores a través de un trayecto transcultural y transgeneracional, un peregrinaje que recorre la geografía de su niñez en West New York, New Jersey, y atraviesa cada etapa de su vida, hasta su culminación en Plátanos y las Siete Plagas: Una vida entre Cubana, Dominicana, y Americana. Paz describe, con la intensidad de una vivencia auténtica, las complejidades y las contradicciones de crecer en Los Estados Unidos...

Author, Paz Ellis, takes readers on a cross-cultural and trans-generational journey through her childhood in West New York, New Jersey to adulthood with Plantains and the Seven Plagues, A Memoir: Half-Dominican, Half-Cuban, and Full Life.Paz insightfully describes the complexities and contradictions of growing up in the United States to a Dominican mother and a Cuban father. From her mother's obsessive cleaning rituals to her father's remarkab...