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ADVANCE PRAISE

“A harrowing, international coming-of-age story, Juventud is unforgettable, erotic, and suspenseful. I was willing to follow the protagonist Mercedes anywhere; into the Cali nightclubs, to her shooting lessons, into bed with her lovers, and to the dangerous activist meetings and rallies that mark a point-of-no-return in her adolescence. This novel is part political thriller, part love story. It kept me up at night and that’s the highest praise.”

—patricia henley, National Book Award finalist and author of

Hummingbird House and In the River Sweet

“Vanessa Blakeslee’s remarkable debut novel takes us inside Colombia through the eyes of Mercedes, a privileged half-Colombian girl who leaves the safety of Papi’s hacienda to embark on a life touched by disappointment and splendid achievement. Her story echoes the conflicts of our twenty-first century’s transnational, uneasy global culture.”

—xu xi, author of Habit of a Foreign Sky