FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAYS returns with a semi-autobiographical novel about author Ruth Behar's childhood in the 1960s; a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl adjusting to her new life in New York City when her American dream is suddenly derailed. Just when she’s finally beginning to gain confidence in her mastery of English—and enjoying her reign as her neighborhood’s hopscotch queen—a horrific car accident leaves her in a body cast and confined her to her bed for a long recovery.
