Susan Straight

Glorette Picard is dead. Her body was found in the alley behind a taqueria, half-hidden by wild tobacco trees, but no one saw her die....

Inspired by a true story, A Million Nightingales portrays Moinette’s experience - and the treacherous world she must navigate - with uncommon richness, intricacy, and drama....

Finalist for the National Book Award: The story of a young mother deported and separated from her child, and the pair’s efforts to locate each other years later....