02791cam a2200421 i 4500 623894010 TxAuBib 20221012120000.0 220120s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021060827 9781250819857 hardcover 1250819857 hardcover (OCoLC)1262798159 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda rda OCLCO DLC OCLCF OCLCO Y$5 JCX OI6 RNL UKMGB GZD TxAuBib OCLCO OCLCF OCLCO Y$5 JCX OI6 RNL UKMGB GZD TxAuBib rda Garza, Kimberly, 1985-, author. The Last Karankawas / a novel By Kimberly Garza. First edition. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022. 274 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Carly Castillo has only ever known Albacore Avenue. Abandoned as a child by her Filipina mother and Mexican-American father, Carly returns each morning from her nursing shift to the house she shares with her grandmother, Magdalena. But when Magdalena slips into dementia, Carly begins to imagine a life elsewhere. Jess Rivera, her boyfriend and all-star shortstop turned seaman, treasures the salty, familiar island air. Years ago, he had a chance to leave Galveston for a bigger city with more possibilities. But he didn't then, and he sure as hell won't now. Deftly moving through these characters' lives and those of the individuals who circle them--Mercedes, Jess's undocumented cousin; Kristin, Magdalena's daytime nurse; Luz, the wife of Carly's best friend; Schafer, Jess's coworker out on the gulf--Garza presents a mosaic depiction of everyday survival in Southern Texas. As word spreads of a storm gathering strength offshore, building into Hurricane Ike, they each must make a difficult decision: board up the windows and hunker down, or flee inland and abandon their hard-won home. 20221012. Desertion and non-support Fiction. Hurricane Ike, 2008 Fiction. Indigenous peoples America Fiction. Hispanic Americans Texas Fiction. Filipino Americans Texas Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Small cities Fiction. Galveston (Tex.) Fiction. Domestic fiction. Fiction. lcgft TXKPL