My Name Is Iris

';Brilliant.' The Washington Post * ';Nuanced and compelling.' The New York Times From the PEN/Hemingway Awardwinning author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, an engrossing dystopian novel set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands turn second-generation immigrants into second-class citizens';a well-imagined allegory of divisive racial politics' (Kirkus Reviews).Iris Prince is starting over. After years of drifting apart, she and her husband are going through a surprisingly drama-free divorce. She's moved to a new house in a new neighborhood, and has plans for gardening, coffee clubs, and spending more time with her nine-year-old daughter Melanie. It feels like her life is finally exactly what she wants it to be. Then, one beautiful morning, she looks outside her kitchen windowand sees that a wall has appeared in her front yard overnight. Where did it come from? What does it mean? And why does it seem to keep growing? Meanwhile, a Silicon Valley startup has launched a high-tech wrist wearable called ';the Band.' Pitched as a convenient, eco-friendly tool to help track local utilities and replace driver's licenses and IDs, the Band is available only to those who can prove parental citizenship. Suddenly, Iris, a proud second-generation Mexican American, is now of ';unverifiable origin,' unable to prove who she is, or where she, and her undocumented loved ones, belong. Amid a climate of fear and hate-fueled violence, Iris must confront how far she'll go to protect what matters to her most. ';Part social commentary and part thoughtful consideration of themes that include family, identity, transitions, perspectives, and hope' (Shelf Awareness), My Name Is Iris is an all-too-possible story that offers a brilliant and timely look at one woman's journey to discover who she can'tand canbe.