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Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

Cristina Rivera Garza

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice (Published in Spanish as El invencible verano de Liliana) is a 2023 book by Cristina Rivera Garza, published by Penguin Random House. In the book, Rivera Garza paints a portrait of her sister, Liliana, who was murdered in 1990 Mexico by her ex-boyfriend. The suspected murderer fled and was never brought to justice. Rivera Garza attempts to obtain the police files regarding the murder, interviews Liliana's friends, family members, and reads her letters and personal writings in order to depict her sister's life and her loss. The book also discusses the feminism movement in Mexico and intimate partner violence as a societal issue. The book was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyAward Category: Pulitzer Prize in Memoir or Autobiography -> BiographyAward Category: Biography -> BiographyIntellectual BiographyMemoir & Personal History

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in Memoir or AutobiographyMajor2024WinnerSecondary source
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor2023FinalistSecondary source
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    • Cristina Rivera Garza65%
    • Liliana55%

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    • Mexico65%

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