SuitabookFamily customs and community expectations
Marisa’s family organises the celebration “the Cuban way” in an uptight Miami neighbourhood.
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Jamie Pittel - Author
This is a young-adult story focused on Marisa’s family party, with social life, dating and driving forming part of its adolescent setting. Its distinctive angle is the meeting of Cuban family customs and an uptight neighbourhood.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a young-adult story focused on Marisa’s family party, with social life, dating and driving forming part of its adolescent setting. Its distinctive angle is the meeting of Cuban family customs and an uptight neighbourhood.
Marisa’s family organises the celebration “the Cuban way” in an uptight Miami neighbourhood.
Pay particular attention to possible family–community tension.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.