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My Train Leaves at Three

A Novel

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By a striking new voice in fiction, an electric coming-of-age novel that explores grief, family, sexuality, and love as an ambitious young woman from Washington Heights tries to make it on Broadway

“Guerrero leaves the reader not just enthralled and delighted but waiting with bated breath for what she will conjure up next.”—Xochitl Gonzalez, author of Anita de Monte Laughs Last

FINALIST FOR THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD

After her sister Nena’s sudden death, Xiomara, an Afro-Latina singer and actress born and raised in Washington Heights, is numb. With her sister gone, Xiomara, painfully close to thirty, is living in a tiny apartment with her ultra-Catholic Puerto Rican mother, and having the same shitty sex with the same shitty men that she’s been entertaining for years. Behind on rent despite two minimum-wage jobs, one of which involves singing show tunes while serving pancakes to tourists at Ellen’s Stardust Diner, Xiomara is bitingly cynical, especially in her grief, and barely treading water.

But when a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity falls into her lap—the chance to audition for Manny Santos, the most charismatic director of the moment—Xiomara sees a second chance to pursue the dream she thought she’d lost. Meanwhile, something about Santi, a new co-worker at the print shop where she spends half of her days photocopying other performers’ headshots, starts to tug at the threads of her apathy. Nothing is simple, and soon Xiomara finds herself interacting with the ugliest sides of the industry and the powerful men who control it. Sometimes the closer you are to your dreams, the further away you become from yourself, and as Xiomara grapples with this hard truth, she is forced to ask herself if she has what it takes to build a new shiny life without losing the truth of her old one.

With hopeful spirit and unapologetic energy, My Train Leaves at Three is a coming-of-age story about the balancing act between moving on and moving forward. Coming of Age Literary Fiction Celebrity Dream Genre Fiction
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I really like the writing of this author and how I can relate to Siamara situations at times

Very good story! Can also be funny

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This book exceeded my expectations. The narrator delivered such a raw, authentic performance that I felt fully immersed in every moment. It was real, vivid, and powerful.

As someone who usually reads poetry, I didn’t expect to be this captivated — but I truly couldn’t stop listening.

You Feel Every Moment

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This story is beautifully written and beautifully told the narrator is amazing you can find yourself in these characters.

Love!

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What a great book. I loved how it touched on so many cultural issues when it comes to dealing with grief, confidence, parental relationships, womanhood, etc. beautifully written. I loved it.

Soulful

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I chose this book because it was selected by the podcast The Friend Zone. It was selected by Dustin Ross. I fell in love with this story. Most of all I wanted to see her overcome life’s obstacles and challenges because man it was difficult. The author did such great storytelling. I hope we get a sequel. It’s well deserved.

The narrator did her thing! I really loved this novel.

A Ride Worth Taking

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