The Queens of Sarmiento Park
by Camila Sosa Villada
Review by Maia
A truly beautiful, harrowing, sparkling novel about identity, found family and the pursuit of tenderness. Camila finds a home in Auntie Encarnas house for Travesti’s, and one night in Sarmiento Park where they find work each night, they come across an abandoned baby in the bushes. Auntie Encarna decides she will take the baby home and together, the girls raise the child as their own. With complex friendships and familial bonds, the house is boundless in love and strange connections and their new addition changes each of their lives. I loved this book so much I can’t put it into words; a magical, detailed and beautifully crafted story with lyrical writing that is completely enchanting.
