Jennine Capo Crucet Books in Order
Explore Jennine Capo Crucet’s books and series in order, with short summaries and reading lists to help you find your next book and decide where to begin reading.
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Jennine Capo Crucet books in publication order
4 books
How to Leave Hialeah
by Jennine Capo Crucet
2009
These stories follow working-class Cuban Americans whose lives are rooted in Miami and shaped by family expectations. Departures, returns, funerals, and memories of Cuba expose the competing demands of belonging, independence, and love.
Make Your Home Among Strangers
by Jennine Capo Crucet
2015
Lizet leaves her Cuban American family in Miami for an elite college as her parents' marriage collapses. Campus alienation and a divisive immigration case at home pull her between education, identity, and responsibility to her family.
My Time Among the Whites
by Jennine Capo Crucet
2019
A daughter of Cuban refugees examines her place in predominantly white American settings, from Nebraska to an elite college and Disney World. These essays explore exclusion, assimilation, family history, and the promises of the American dream.
Say Hello to My Little Friend
by Jennine Capo Crucet
2024
Failed Pitbull impersonator Izzy Reyes decides to remake himself as Miami's answer to Tony Montana. His pursuit of power intersects with captive orca Lolita and unsettling truths about his childhood escape from Cuba.
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