{"id":3956,"date":"2015-10-06T13:01:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T13:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3956"},"modified":"2015-10-04T20:16:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T20:16:52","slug":"we-never-asked-for-wings-by-vanessa-diffenbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3956","title":{"rendered":"We Never Asked for Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3977\" style=\"width: 132px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.uhls.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1616221\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3977\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/We-Never-Asked-for-Wings-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"We Never Asked for Wings\" width=\"132\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/We-Never-Asked-for-Wings-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/We-Never-Asked-for-Wings.jpg 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2191 Reserve a copy \u2191<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m always into trying new authors, and I did enjoy this novel. \u00a0The story dealt with problems immigrants in America face daily &#8212;\u00a0their struggles to become a part of the American Dream and their hopes and fears.\u00a0 The book had\u00a0very realistic, multi-faceted characters.\u00a0 The story centered on a woman named Letty who became a mother in her teenage years, but was never really involved in the upbringing of her children because her mother stepped in and took on the responsibility.\u00a0\u00a0When Letty&#8217;s parents moved back to Mexico, she\u00a0was forced to\u00a0take over her children&#8217;s care\u00a0and try to give them a better life so they\u00a0wouldn&#8217;t make her mistakes.\u00a0 An enjoyable and educational read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m always into trying new authors, and I did enjoy this novel. \u00a0The story dealt with problems immigrants in America face daily &#8212;\u00a0their struggles to become a part of the American Dream and their hopes and fears.\u00a0 The book had\u00a0very realistic, multi-faceted characters.\u00a0 The story centered on a woman named Letty who became a mother &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3956\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">We Never Asked for Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-joann"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}