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The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants
SHORTLISTED FOR THE UK POLARI BOOK PRIZE 2024
Kirkus Reviews "BEST OF 2023" SELECTION.
International Latino Book Awards 2024--Best LGBTQ+ Themed Book (Honorable Mention)
Award-winning author and immigration attorney Orlando Ortega-Medina returns to 1990s San Francisco in The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, a powerful family drama that plays out within a captivating legal thriller.
Attorney Marc Mendes, the estranged son of a prominent rabbi and a burned-out lawyer with addiction issues, plots his exit from the big city to a more peaceful life in idyllic Napa Valley. But before he can realize his dream, the US government summons his Salvadoran life-partner Isaac Perez to immigration court, threatening him with deportation.
As Marc battles to save Isaac, his world is further upended by a dark and alluring client, who aims to tempt him away from his messy life. Torn between his commitment to Isaac and the pain-numbing escapism offered by his client, Marc is forced to choose between the lesser of two evils while confronting his twin demons of past addiction and guilt over the death of his first lover.
The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants is an extraordinary and timely tale about the value of family and friendship, loyalty and love, in the face of adversity.
Book Details
- Publisher: Bywater Books
- Publish Date: Apr 18th, 2023
- Pages: 335
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.50in - 1.00in - 0.93lb
- EAN: 9781612942636
- Categories: • LGBTQ+ - Gay• Literary• Romance - LGBTQ+ - Gay
About the Author
Orlando Ortega-Medina was born in Los Angeles to Cuban immigrants. He studied English Literature at UCLA and holds a JD from Southwestern University School of Law. In 1999, Ortega-Medina and his partner expatriated to Canada, where they were among the first same-sex couples to marry at Montreal's Hotel de Ville in 2005. He is the author of two novels and was named the Marilyn Hassid Emerging Author for the Houston Jewish Book & Arts Festival. He lives in London, England.
Praise for this book
"...a potent legal thriller that doesn't shy away from major personal and societal issues." --Los Angeles Times
"Full of twists and turns, this novel explores the inhumanity found in immigration law and the true meaning of loyalty." --Today
"An exposé of the cruelties of immigration law; a meditation on family and homeland." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Heartfelt." --Publishers Weekly
"Stuffed with romantic melodrama, sex, seduction, and the serpentine politics of immigration, this novel is a tantalizing morsel." --Bay Area Reporter
"[A] charged psychological novel in which a lawyer navigates the crossroads of his past, present, and future." --Foreword Reviews
"[A] noteworthy novel that will have resonance for many readers." --Out In Print
"Orlando Ortega-Medina's riveting novel The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants wears its politics on its sleeve...In novelising his advocacy for equal rights, Ortega-Medina follows a long tradition in American literature." --Bookanista
"The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants shows that what we thoughts was great fiction from the author previously was but an alright opening serve. This latest work has raised the bar significantly." --The Worm Hole