The Education of Margot Sánchez by Lilliam Rivera

Instead, she is stuck stocking shelves and working the deli counter at the supermarket punishment for stealing her father's credit card for a shopping spree and trying to reconnect with the friends she left behind. Margot changed her personal style in order to befriend the popular girls at Somerset, and she's desperate to spend the summer with them in the Hamptons. Margot Sanchez, 'the great brown hope' of her family, is caught between the wealthy, white world of Somerset Prep, the private school she attends, and that of her 'Rich Adjacent' Latino family, which owns two supermarkets in the Bronx. Margot’s invitation to the ultimate beach party is within reach and she has no intention of letting her family’s drama or Moises-the admittedly good looking but outspoken boy from the neighborhood-keep her from her goal. With each order of deli meat she slices, Margot can feel her carefully cultivated prep school reputation slipping through her fingers, and she’s willing to do anything to get out of this punishment. And by grounded, she means working as an indentured servant in her family’s struggling grocery store to pay off her debts.

Papi, for allowing Junior to become a NeanderthalĪfter “borrowing” her father’s credit card to finance a more stylish wardrobe, Margot Sanchez suddenly finds herself grounded.

Margot's invitation to the ultimate beach party is within reach and she has no intention of letting her family's drama or Moises - the admittedly good looking but outspoken boy from the neighborhood - keep her from her goal.John Hughes’s Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in this bold and “emotional story about class, race, hard work, and finding one’s place” ( Publishers Weekly)-from author Lilliam Rivera. With each order of deli meat she slices, Margot can feel her carefully cultivated prep school reputation slipping through her fingers, and she's willing to do anything to get out of this punishment. And by grounded, she means working as an indentured servant in her family's struggling grocery store to pay off her debts. Papi, for allowing Junior to become a NeanderthalĪfter 'borrowing' her father's credit card to finance a more stylish wardrobe, Margot Sanchez suddenly finds herself grounded.John Hughes's Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in this bold and 'emotional story about class, race, hard work, and finding one's place' ( Publishers Weekly) - from debut author Lilliam Rivera.

The Education of Margot Sánchez by Lilliam Rivera