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Un début fascinant et innovant sur une adolescente, sa famille imprévisible et les secrets qu'ils gardent.

Luciana est la plus jeune d'une grande famille américano-colombienne du sud de la Floride, mais au milieu d'une crise, elle doit devenir la seule voix raisonnable de son entourage familial et gérer sa grand-mère excentrique, qui refuse de suivre l'ordre d'évacuation face à l'arrivée d'un ouragan.

L'ouragan n'est pas le seul danger. La vie glamour et insouciante de la grand-mère sera ébranlée par un grave diagnostic médical qu'elle préfère ignorer. Pour couronner le tout, elle décide d'emménager avec Luciana, qui devra faire office d'aidante, de traductrice et de gardienne du secret de la maladie, de moins en moins dissimulable, tout en luttant contre ses propres défis adolescents, avec une sœur qui vit loin, une mère insensée et, en général, une famille dysfonctionnelle.

Structuré comme une série de conversations téléphoniques où nous n'entendons qu'une seule voix, Oye est rempli de références pop et d'expressions zennials. Disruptif, inoubliable, parfois hilarant et parfois triste, c'est le portrait d'une génération, mais surtout celui d'une jeune femme qui, contrainte de mûrir, découvre en elle une force insoupçonnée.

DESCRIPTION ANGLAISE

A young woman reckons with her unpredictable family and the revelation of their long-buried history in this wildly inventive debut, which reads like a comic coming-of-age story, a telenovela, and a moving intergenerational saga all rolled into one.

"Yes, hi, Mari. It’s me. I’m over my tantrum and finally calling you back. But you have to promise that you won’t say anything to Mom or Abue about this, okay? They’ll set the house on fire if they find out... And you said that you were sitting, right? Because this is about to be so much more absurd and dramatic than you think."

Luciana is the baby of her large Colombian American family. And despite usually being relegated to the sidelines, she now finds herself as the only voice of reason in the middle of their unexpected crisis. Her older sister, Mari, is away at college and reduced to a mere listening ear on the other end of their many phone calls, so when South Florida residents are ordered to evacuate before a hurricane, it’s up to Luciana to deal with her eccentric grandmother, Abue, who’s refusing to leave. But the storm isn’t the only danger. Abue, normally glamorous and full of life, is given a crushing medical diagnosis. While she’d prefer to ignore it and focus on upholding her reputation and her looks instead, the news sets Abue on her own personal journey, with Luciana reluctantly along for the ride.

As Luciana chronicles the events of her upended senior year over the phone to Mari, Abue moves into her granddaughter’s bedroom and their complicated bond intensifies. Luciana would rather be skating or sneaking out to meet girls, but Abue’s wild demands and unpredictable antics are a welcome distraction from Luciana’s misguided mother, absent sister, and uncertain future. Forced to step into the role of caretaker, translator, and keeper of the devastating secrets that Abue begins to share, Luciana suddenly finds herself center stage, facing down adulthood—and rising to the occasion.

Structured as a series of one-sided phone calls, Oye feels like the most captivating conversation you’ve ever eavesdropped on: a rollicking, heartfelt, and utterly unique novel by an author as original as she is insightful