Dream Things True: A Novel

About this book

Evan and Alma have spent fifteen years living in the same town connected in a dozen different ways but also living worlds apart -- until the day he jumps into her dads truck and slams on the brakes. The nephew of a senator Evan seems to have it all - except a functional family. Alma has lived in Georgia since she was two surrounded by a large (sometimes smothering) Mexican family. They both want out of this town. His one-way ticket is soccer; hers is academic success. When they fall in love they fall hard trying to ignore their differences. Then Immigration and Customs Enforcement begins raids in their town and Alma knows that she needs to share her secret. But how will she tell her country-club boyfriend that she and almost everyone shes close to are undocumented immigrants? What follows is a beautiful nuanced exploration of the complications of immigration young love defying ones family and facing a tangled bureaucracy that threatens to completely upend two young lives. This page-turning debut asks tough questions reminding us that love is more powerful than fear.