Virtual Literary Salon on 'Catalina' by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

About the Book: When Catalina is admitted to Harvard, it feels like the fulfillment of destiny: a miracle child escapes death in Latin America, moves to Queens to be raised by her undocumented grandparents, and becomes one of the chosen. But nothing is simple for Catalina, least of all her complicated, contradictory, ruthlessly probing mind. Now a senior, she faces graduation to a world with no place for the undocumented. Her sense of doom intensifies her curiosities and desires. She infiltrates the school’s elite subcultures—internships and literary journals, posh parties, and secret societies—which she observes with the eye of an anthropologist and an interloper’s skepticism: She is both fascinated and repulsed.
Craving a great romance, Catalina finds herself drawn to a fellow student, an actual budding anthropologist eager to teach her about the Latin American world she was born into but never knew, even as her life back in Queens begins to unravel. And every day, the clock ticks closer to the abyss of life after graduation. Can she save her family? Can she save herself? What does it mean to be saved?(Goodreads)

Here's what is included:

• Meet and discuss great literature with readers in different cities.
• Logistics like technology and time are all sorted for you.
• Thematic prompts to think about and guide your reading.
• Learn about the author’s biography and their inspiration for the novel.
• Get key context to better understand the novel.
• A facilitated, intelligent discussion on themes, characters, and plot points.
• A safe space to discuss challenging ideas with the book at the centre.

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