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Catalina
- Narrator
- Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publish Date
- 7 August 2025
- Run Time
- 6 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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When Catalina, a witty, vulnerable and beautiful Ecuadorian student, arrives at Harvard, she feels like one of the chosen. She is a miracle child who has escaped death in Latin America to be raised by undocumented grandparents and now studies at the most prestigious university in the world. She knows she has to play the part, but she also wants to have a good time in the process. And so begins her era of opulent parties, secret societies, desirable internships, flings with rich men and plenty of vodka sodas.
But in her final year, undocumented immigrants become the target of political turmoil and Catalina’s life back in New York begins to unravel. As the clock ticks on the precarious future of her family, what will she sacrifice to save the people she loves the most?
Catalina is a daring, glamorous and sharply observed campus novel about coming into your own and the endless possibilities of freedom, love and power.
‘Sparkling’ NEW YORK TIMES
‘Magnetic’ IRA GLASS
‘Fierce’ TIME
© Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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Details
- Author
- Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- Narrator
- Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- Duration
- 6 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9781804957349
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: identity / belonging, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Narrative theme: coming of age, Migration, immigration and emigration
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.When Catalina, a witty, vulnerable and beautiful Ecuadorian student, arrives at Harvard, she feels like one of the chosen. She is a miracle child who has escaped death in Latin America to be raised by undocumented grandparents and now studies at the most prestigious university in the world. She knows she has to play the part, but she also wants to have a good time in the process. And so begins her era of opulent parties, secret societies, desirable internships, flings with rich men and plenty of vodka sodas.But in her final year, undocumented immigrants become the target of political turmoil and Catalina’s life back in New York begins to unravel. As the clock ticks on the precarious future of her family, what will she sacrifice to save the people she loves the most?Catalina is a daring, glamorous and sharply observed campus novel about coming into your own and the endless possibilities of freedom, love and power.‘Sparkling’ NEW YORK TIMES‘Magnetic’ IRA GLASS‘Fierce’ TIME© Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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