Between You a River

A Novel

De: Kimberly Garza

A sweeping family saga set in Texas and the Philippines, following two sisters unearthing their mother's long-buried secrets.

On the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, the future of Corazon de la Cruz’s family rests with her. She’ll be the first to go to college, to immigrate to the United States, and to support her family back home by becoming a doctor. She can’t remember whether this dream was ever her own, or if she even has a say in it. But when a fire mysteriously breaks out on the de la Cruzes’ land, the family splinters, and Corazon is faced with a fateful choice.

Decades later, Corazon’s daughters, Hannah and Mari, are estranged from their roots in the Philippines. Corazon’s death has shaken the family to its very core, and a distant cousin urges the sisters to return to settle unresolved business. Together for the first time in years, the sisters find that the fate of their family’s ancestral land is somehow in their hands, and it’s about to slip away. As they fight to protect their inheritance, they uncover long-buried secrets hidden from them by their beloved matriarch—about her life, their homeland, and themselves.

A lush family saga and a love letter to the Philippines, Between You a River follows two generations of de la Cruzes as they confront the sacrifices made by mothers so their daughters could lead different lives, and wrestle with the lifelong push and pull of home.