Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e Picture Books and Blue Lake Review

and Blue Lake Review

I like to see the different textures of foliage all grouped together

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME • From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner—a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race

her first collection

From self-care to spilling the tea at an hours-long salon appointment to healing family rifts

Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e Picture Books and Blue Lake ReviewThe daughter of Dominican immigrants, Mndez marshals pathos and outrage to depict the ironic circumstances of her life as she begins to disconnect from her overly protective parents. But tragic illnessshe was diagnosed with scleroderma at 22 and lupus just six years laterand unexpected twists of fate not only bring her closer to her Latino cultural roots, her doting mother and strict father, but also drive her to transform pain and disappointment into