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    My Name Is Iris: A Novel
    My Name Is Iris: A Novel
    My Name Is Iris: A Novel
    Audiobook8 hours

    My Name Is Iris: A Novel

    Written by Brando Skyhorse

    Narrated by Alejandra Reynoso

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    “Brilliant.” —The Washington Post * “Nuanced and compelling.” —The New York Times

    From the PEN/Hemingway Award–winning author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, an engrossing dystopian novel set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands turn second-generation immigrants into second-class citizens—“a well-imagined allegory of divisive racial politics” (Kirkus Reviews).

    Iris Prince is starting over. After years of drifting apart, she and her husband are going through a surprisingly drama-free divorce. She’s moved to a new house in a new neighborhood, and has plans for gardening, coffee clubs, and spending more time with her nine-year-old daughter Melanie. It feels like her life is finally exactly what she wants it to be.

    Then, one beautiful morning, she looks outside her kitchen window—and sees that a wall has appeared in her front yard overnight. Where did it come from? What does it mean? And why does it seem to keep growing?

    Meanwhile, a Silicon Valley startup has launched a high-tech wrist wearable called “the Band.” Pitched as a convenient, eco-friendly tool to help track local utilities and replace driver’s licenses and IDs, the Band is available only to those who can prove parental citizenship.

    Suddenly, Iris, a proud second-generation Mexican American, is now of “unverifiable origin,” unable to prove who she is, or where she, and her undocumented loved ones, belong. Amid a climate of fear and hate-fueled violence, Iris must confront how far she'll go to protect what matters to her most.

    “Part social commentary and part thoughtful consideration of themes that include family, identity, transitions, perspectives, and hope” (Shelf Awareness), My Name Is Iris is an all-too-possible story that offers a brilliant and timely look at one woman’s journey to discover who she can’t—and can—be.

    Editor's Note

    Award-winning author…

    When advanced wristbands replace IDs and credit cards, American immigrants become second-class citizens. As “The Band” — available only to those with U.S.-born parents — is compulsory for daily activities like driving and working, a second-gen Mexican American woman struggles to stay afloat. Speculative but all-too-relevant, this novel by award-winning author Skyhorse (“The Madonnas of Echo Park”) is a satirical take on anti-immigrant policies.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateAug 1, 2023
    ISBN9781797165059
    Author

    Brando Skyhorse

    Brando Skyhorse’s debut novel, The Madonnas of Echo Park, won the 2011 PEN/Hemingway Award and the Sue Kaufman Award for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His memoir, Take This Man, was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 and one of NBC News’s 10 Best Latino Books of 2014. A recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center fellowship, Skyhorse teaches English and creative writing at Indiana University Bloomington.

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    • 4/5
      I struggled with this at first, but ended up enjoying it for what it was. Terrifying in its potential for being realistic.
    • 4/5
      I didn't enjoy reading the book. I appreciate the symbolism and meanings. Just felt chaotic at times.