This Eye That Looks at Me

A fictionalized memoir of the author's upbringing, this riveting mosaic of vignettes begins with an infant Lori escaping with her mother from her abusive father. The book explores the religious hypocrisy of mid-20th-century Puerto Rico and details Lori's upbringing under the cold gaze of her patriarchal grandfather before she found herself and her liberation in the United States as a young adult.