- If
- Junot
- Diaz’s
- critically
- acclaimed
- collection
- Drown
- and
- Janet
- Mock’s
- Emmy-winning
- series
- Pose
- produced
- offspring,
- Alejandro
- Heredia’s
- Loca
- would
- be
- their
- firstborn.It’s
- 1999,
- and
- best
- friends
- Sal
- and
- Charo
- are
- striving
- to
- hold
- on
- to
- their
- dreams
- in
- a
- New
- York
- determined
- to
- grind
- them
- down.
- Sal
- is
- a
- book-loving
- science
- nerd
- trying
- to
- grow
- beyond
- his
- dead-end
- job
- in
- a
- new
- city,
- but
- he’s
- held
- back
- by
- tragic
- memories
- from
- his
- past
- in
- Santo
- Domingo.
- Free-spirited
- Charo
- is
- surprised
- to
- find
- herself
- a
- mother
- at
- twenty-five,
- partnered
- with
- a
- controlling
- man,
- working
- at
- the
- same
- supermarket
- for
- years,
- her
- world
- shrunk
- to
- the
- very
- domesticity
- she
- thought
- she’d
- escaped
- in
- her
- old
- country.
- When
- Sal
- finds
- love
- at
- a
- gay
- club
- one
- night,
- both
- his
- and
- Charo’s
- worlds
- unexpectedly
- open
- up
- to
- a
- vibrant
- social
- circle
- that
- pushes
- them
- to
- reckon
- with
- what
- they
- owe
- to
- their
- own
- selves,
- pasts,
- futures,
- and,
- always,
- each
- other.Loca
- follows
- one
- daring
- year
- in
- the
- lives
- of
- young
- people
- living
- at
- the
- edge
- of
- their
- own
- patience
- and
- desires.
- With
- expansive
- grace,
- it
- reveals
- both
- the
- grueling
- conditions
- that
- force
- people
- to
- migrate
- and
- the
- possibility
- of
- friendship
- as
- home
- when
- family,
- nations,
- and
- identity
- groups
- fall short.
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