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In a far corner of the internet, moderator \u201cHaikumom\u201d (aka Odessa Ortiz) leads a chat room for recovering drug addicts, From behind their screens, these individuals who might never encounter each other in real life — a student, an IRS-pusher, and a financier– forge a bond as strong as blood. Off the computer, however, in a Puerto Rican neighborhood in North Philly, Odessa Ortiz\u2019s real-life family is falling apart. Her nephew, Elliot, has returned from Iraq both physically and emotionally broken. Her niece, Yaz, is unable to reconcile her identity as a North Philly girl from the barrio with her upper-crust, intellectual lifestyle. Her sister, who was the mother that Odessa could never be, is dying of cancer. Inventive and timely, Quiara Alegria Hudes\u2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning\u00a0Water By the Spoonful<\/em>\u00a0is a powerful, compassionate look at the meaning of family, and the burdens we must carry to protect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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