Pedro's Theory: Reimagining the Promised Land (Gonsalez Marcos)(Pevná vazba)

A deeply personal exploration of race, immigration, sexuality, family, and masculinity through the eyes of a first-generation gay man--the son of an undocumented Mexican father and a Puerto Rican mother. There are many Pedros. One goes to a school where they take away his language, replace it with another. At home, he is afraid to find the words to explain the things they call him. Another crosses the desert, leaving behind a backpack. It contains no clues as to whether he successfully made it across the border and into a new life. A Cousin Pedro comes to visit, awakening feelings that others are afraid to make plain. One goes missing so completely it's as if he was never there to go missing at all. Another watches his father from afar, unable to ever find ways to close the gap. A Pedro keeps his distance from the other Pedros, in hopes the Meghans and the Johns will think he
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