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Place Where the Sea Remembers

Place Where the Sea Remembers

by Sandra Benitez

Book Details

Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1993
Language: en
Pages: 163
ISBN: 9780671892678
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Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 13+

Confidence: 65%

Content Intensity

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2
💥ViolenceLow
3
❤️Love & RomanceModerate
3
🧠Mental HealthModerate
1
💬!*$#LanguageVery low
1
🍷🚬Substance UseVery low
2
😨Fear / HorrorLow

Story Themes

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0
🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
0
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
0
🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times book award and winner of the Minnesota Book Award, A Place Where the Sea Remembers is a timeless classic, a mesmerizing world filled with love, betrayal, tragedy, and hope.This rich and bewitching story is a bittersweet portrait of the people in Santiago, a Mexican village by the sea. Chayo, the flower seller, and her husband Candelario, the salad maker, are finally blessed with the child they thought they would never have.

Themes & Topics

FictionLiteraryFamily LifeHispanic & Latino
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