We Never Asked For Wings
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4.4 • 14 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
From the author of The Language of Flowers
"a heartwarming journey that mixes redemption and optimistic insight in equal measure ... Diffenbaugh's latest confirms her gift for creating shrewd, sympathetic charmers" Kirkus
"A gripping, heartfelt exploration of a mother's love, resilience and redemption" Family Circle
How far would you go for your children? Would you lie for them? Flee with them? Let someone else mother them if you thought they would do a better job?
As a single parent, Letty does everything for her two children - apart from raise them. Being a mother terrifies her more than she can admit, and so she's always let her mother take that role. When Maria Elena ups and leaves, however, Letty has to confront her fears and become the parent she doesn't think she can be.
Even as she tries to give her children a future, Letty's teenage son, Alex, struggles to forgive his mother for choices she made in the past. But he and Letty are not so dissimilar, and both are prepared to risk everything for those they love.
Honest and compelling, We Never Asked for Wings is about family; it's about the decisions we take, the mistakes we make, the people we trust and, above all, how - and where - we find love.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We really loved Vanessa Diffenbaugh's heartfelt debut, The Language of Flowers. Her second novel is another achingly beautiful family drama, written with poetic grace and emotional intelligence. It’s the story of messed-up single mother Letty, who has relinquished the care of her two children, Alex and Luna, to her capable mother. But when the children’s grandparents—undocumented illegal immigrants—return to their native Mexico, Letty must finally face her responsibilities head-on and mend her shattered ties with her kids. Diffenbaugh portrays her flawed heroine in a way that’s both clear-eyed and generous, and we absolutely loved her two young characters, whose gorgeous spirits fly off the page.
