The Storyteller's Death woke me up last night and as I thought about what the ending could possibly be, I had to get out of bed and go finish the book before I could fall back asleep.
This is the story of a young girl who lives between New Jersey and Puerto Rico. Every summer she and her mother go back to her mother's family in Puerto Rico though her mother never seems to enjoy the trip. When her father is dying her mother starts to leave her with the family for the summer alone. After her father's death she is sent by plane to spend summers with her relatives by herself. She never feels at home in either location.
There is a very large extended family in Puerto Rico and when she reaches eighteen she starts to see visions of the elderly relatives as they pass on. She realizes that she is a keeper of their stories. Her relationship with her mother has been strained for years and she has no one to discuss her visions with.
As she starts to try and play detective and find out more about the family history, she encounters a handsome young man who works for the family, and some of the older men who had worked for the family in the past.
A coming of age novel, learning about family, love, and the difference in status between those with and those without. Coming to understand who she is and what she feels is important in life.
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