January's #ReadPuertoRican book club pick is Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer by Jamie Figueroa. If you're into speculative reads, ghosts and family stories then join us Tuesday January 31, 2023 8 pm EST when we chat live with the author. Let me know if you want the link. QOTD: What was your favorite book club read for 2022? *** SYNOPSIS *** A sister trying to hold back her brother from the edge of the abyss, for readers of Jesmyn Ward and Tommy Orange. In the tourist town of Ciudad de Tres Hermanas, in the aftermath of their mother's passing, two siblings spend a final weekend together in their childhood home. Seeing her brother, Rafa, careening toward a place of no return, Rufina devises a bet: if they can make enough money performing for privileged tourists in the plaza over the course of the weekend to afford a plane ticket out, Rafa must commit to living. If not, Rufina will make her peace with Rafa's own plan for the future, however terrifying it may be. As the siblings reckon with generational and ancestral trauma, set against the indignities of present-day prejudice, other strange hauntings begin to stalk these pages: their mother's ghost kicks her heels against the walls; Rufina's vanished child creeps into her arms at night; and above all this, watching over the siblings, a genderless, flea-bitten angel remains hell-bent on saving what can be saved. #brothersistermotherexplorer #tbr #jamiefigueroa #ReadPuertoRican #ReadCarribean #bookstagram #bookcommunity #igreads #books #bookrecommendation #bookplates #puertorico #speculativefiction #ghostfiction #bookstagrampr #bookclub #reading #bookish #literature #ownvoices #fiction https://www.instagram.com/p/Cna-bBTLIiS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=