Let It Rain Coffee

by Angie Cruz

Book Overview

Angie Cruz has established herself as a dazzling new voice in Latin American fiction, her writing compared to Gabriel Garc a M rquez's by The Boston Globe. Now, with humor, passion, and intensity, she reveals the proud members of the Col n family and the dreams, love, and heartbreak that bind them to their past and the future.

Esperanza risked her life fleeing the Dominican Republic for the glittering dream she saw on television, but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743212045
• ISBN13: 9780743212045
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Completely Satisfied

The book is amazing. The service was excellent as well. I received the book quickly, and it was in great condition. I highly recommend it.

Great Book

As one of the other reviewers I also got this book for my yearly trip to the Dominican Rep. this past Christmas. I began reading it on the plane there and finished it as the plane landed back in NY. This book held my attention, was interesting, made me cry and just feel proud that it was writing not just by a woman but a Dominican woman. Angie is a great writer with a lot of promise. Very different from Soledad but just as thought provoking. I look forward to reading more of her work in the future. Keep on with the good job!

is illusion better than reality?

i spent nine hours a couple of weeks ago getting into angie cruz's " let it rain coffee" in a brooklyn coffeehouse, only taking breaks when i had to. ms. cruz lives up to the promise she diplayed in her first novel, " soledad " Her writing is equal parts Satire and Magical Realism. Esperanza was charcter who was easy to root for. She wanted a better life for her family, but allowed herself to become blinded by the fantasy, thinking her life would be as glamorous as the Ewings on the TV show " Dallas." The Scene which Esperanza meets Patrick Duffy on the subway train is comic and tragic; duffy shatters the barrier between illusion and reality. Sadly, many people use television as a means to escape. The scenes with Don Chan and Miraluz, with the revolution in action definately held my interest. The erotic passages rocked. Ms. Cruz has a way with a sex scene. it was racy, but it was also tasteful and inventive. Angie may be bookish and educated, but you can feel the homegirl ghetto vibe coursing throughout this narrative. I look forward to reading her next one...

A great read...!

I saved this book to read on the sandy beaches of the Dominican Republic - a perfect backdrop to this wonderful book set in the Dominican Republic and New York City. I savored every page and read it in two days while I "baked" in the Carribean sun. As a reader, I was immediately embraced by the Santo family. El Señor Chan, Santo, Esperanza, and her children face enormous personal, emotional, and economic challenges as they struggle to make a better life. A great read...a unique perspective of the Dominican-immigrant experience!

I loved this book!

Being a child of immigrants myself, I could really relate to the grittily real rendition of the American Dream, as portrayed in Let It Rain. And yet the beauty of the writing (which verges on but never really becomes magical realism) and the originality of the characters make the pathos of the Colon family's struggles enchanting and definitely worth the read. The constant tension between Don Chan, the ancient patriarch and romantic idealist, who is adrift in memories of his glory days as a political revolutionary in the Dominican Republic--and his practical and materialistic daughter-in-law, Esperanza--is the best part. Both comical and so true to life.