She makes a fresh start with her uncle’s family in Milpitas, which is also Castillo’s hometown, and we learn slowly the reason for Hero’s departure. Most book titles are no more than three words, stunningly poetic or adeptly straightforward yet, the title of Elaine Castillo’s 2018 debut novel, America Is Not the Heart, which Alta’s California Book Club will discuss at its January 21 gathering, is not only five words but also a sentence-and an emphatic one.Ĭastillo’s America Is Not the Heart is a sweeping tale that spans several generations but focuses closely on Hero de Vera, who escapes the poverty, political unrest, and martial law of the late-20th-century Philippines for the Bay Area.
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