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Many Mothers of Dolores Moore

By: Anika Fajardo
Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
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GOLD MEDAL in Best Popular Fiction—International Latino Book Awards

For fans of Rebecca Serle and Elizabeth Acevedo, a magically insightful novel about a womans journey to discover her roots and what it means to carry our ancestors with us.

Dolores Moore’s dead relatives refuse to stay quiet. They trail after her like a Greek chorus with no respect for personal boundaries, filling her crumbling Victorian with unsolicited advice, family gossip, and increasingly urgent opinions about her return to Colombia—the birthplace she barely remembers.

Dorrie would rather stay in Minneapolis, where the problems are manageable: an ex she hasn’t forgotten, a cartography career that’s evaporated overnight, a creaky inherited house, and two needy orange cats. But when a cryptic hand-drawn map surfaces and an old flame offers to watch the house, the voices leave her no choice.

So begins a journey to Colombia guided by photographs of her mother, half-remembered stories about her father, and a little bit of magic as Dorrie searches for the truth about where she came from—and what’s been calling her to her rightful place.
Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Magical Realism Women's Fiction
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"Narrator Stacy Gonzalez delivers a nuanced and affecting performance of Dolores Moore’s search for identity as the sole surviving member of her family. Raised by her biological aunt and her partner, Dolores feels unmoored after their deaths and journeys to her birthplace in Cali, Colombia, seeking reconnection with her heritage. Throughout her travels, she’s guided by the spectral voices of her female ancestors, whose observations prove hilarious and biting. A dual timeline revealing the fate of her birth parents adds to the novel’s emotional depth. As a cartographer, Dolores reflects on the parallels between her profession’s history and her journey of self-discovery. Gonzalez’s narration proves distinguished through her emotional precision and versatility as she seamlessly shifts among characters, genders, and accents in a compelling performance."
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