Welcome! Here’s where you learn about me, my professional & literary background, & my books, including my novel, TRY TO REMEMBER (Grand Central Publishing 2010) 
ISBN: 987-0-446-55619-4
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Culturally savvy Colombian teenager Gabriela de la Paz, newly arrived in Miami, is a devoted daughter who is trying to keep her volatile and mentally ill father from jeopardizing their family’s green card status and driving them all into exile in disgrace. But as her father slips deeper into darkness and her mother slips deeper into denial, it is Gabi alone who must face the impending family crisis and ultimately decide for herself whether love means more than loyalty.
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O, The Oprah Magazine calls this novel “captivating”: “Gabi is an irresistible narrator—observant, compassionate, and utterly genuine—trying to balance family loyalty and a yearning to discover ‘Who did I dare to be?’” (read the full review here)
-One of O’s 7 Books to Watch for in June
-On Latina Magazine’s Top Ten Summer Reads
-Selected by the Association of American Publishers for its Latino Books Month List of 2010
-& here’s more praise from Publisher’s Weekly: “Enthralling fiction debut… Gomez charts Gabi’s challenges as she gains confidence, educates herself, and finds inspiration…in this intense and sensitive tale with crossover YA appeal.”
-& from Booklist: “Scary and tender…The clash between traditional immigrant values and feminist independence is powerful…Gomez dramatizes the universal dilemma of a loving family serving as ‘both joy and prison.’”
-& Lansing State Journal: “memorable and innovative” (6/13/10)
-& from best-selling novelists:
“Stunning debut… a fresh and vibrant coming of age novel full of universal truths and dazzling particulars… Gabriela is a character you’ll root for and grow to love… I adored every single page.” (Mameve Medwed, national bestselling author of HOW ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SAVED MY LIFE & OF MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS.)
“Lyrical, poignant, and smart, as compassionate and hopeful as it is heartbreaking. TRY TO REMEMBER is a novel you will never forget.” (Jenna Blum, author of the New York Times bestseller THOSE WHO SAVE US & the recently released THE STORMCHASERS.)