“[A] powerfully written chronicle of love.”
—Booklist
“Lemus doesn’t waste a word in this smart, never sentimental novel.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Felicia Luna Lemus is a writer with a serious voice.”
—Time Out New York
“A writer with an unparalleled literary style and attitude, Felicia Luna Lemus comes charging full force. Like Son, with its fluid prose and a narrative voice that always strikes the perfect pitch, demonstrates her fully realized skills as a novelist.”
—El Paso Times
“Edgy and full of twists and turns, [Like Son] resonates with all people who have ever fought just to be themselves.”
—Latina
(Akashic Books, 2007)