{"product_id":"tell-it-to-me-singing-paperback","title":"Tell It to Me Singing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTita Ramirez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"utterly unforgettable\" (Kevin Wilson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNothing to See Here\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel about a Cuban American family sent into a tailspin when the ailing matriarch confesses the first of several shocking secrets to her daughter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMónica Campo is pregnant with her first child when, moments before being wheeled into emergency heart surgery, her mother confesses a long-held secret: Mónica's father is not the man who raised her. But when her mother wakes up and begins having delusional episodes, Mónica doesn't know what to believe--whether the confession was real or just a channeling of the telenovela her mother watches nightly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her despair, Mónica wants to speak with only one person: her ex-boyfriend of five years, Manny. She can't help but worry, though, what this says about her relationship with her fiancé and father of her unborn child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMónica's search for the truth leads her to a new understanding of the past--the early '80s, when her parents arrived from Cuba on the famous Mariel boatlift, and the tumultuous '70s, a decade after Castro's takeover, when some people were still secretly fighting his regime--people like her mother and the man she claims is Mónica's real father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTell It to Me Singing \u003c\/i\u003eis \"so fantastic and funny, so full of life, and so full of genuine heart that, like your favorite binge-worthy show, you'll have trouble pulling yourself away\" (Cristina Henríquez, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Divide\u003c\/i\u003e). This \"rich portrait\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) of a family takes readers from Miami to Cuba to the jungles of Costa Rica and, along the way, explores the question of how and to whom we belong, how a life is built, and how we know we're home.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTita Ramírez grew up in Miami, the daughter of a Cuban exile and a Kentucky native. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Normal School\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband and their two sons, and teaches creative writing at Elon University.\u003ci\u003e Tell It to Me Singing\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.38 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45451011194924,"sku":"9781982157326","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/qRGMcdnV8j9781982157326.webp?v=1781864944","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/tell-it-to-me-singing-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}