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Raised in a Cuban immigrant household in Miami, Lizet Ramirez applies to and accepts an offer from a prestigious liberal arts college in Upstate New York without her parents' knowledge. As this act is so far out of their experience, they interpret it as a betrayal, one that in some ways precipitates the breakup of the family. Lizet returns home Thanksgiving Day, the same day that young Ariel Hernandez arrives in Miami an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More