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THE WAVES TAKE YOU HOME
Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Isabel Allende, and Elizabeth Strout, this is a deeply heartfelt and romantic debut novel about healing generations-old trauma, and having the courage to boldly choose your own way. When Vi’s grandmother dies, Vi must decide between two lives: the one that she left behind in Colombia when she was a teen, or the life she has carefully built for herself in New York. THE WAVES TAKE YOU HOME will be released by Lake Union Publishing on March 19, 2024.
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Page Count: 328
Reviews for the Book
“It’s hard to put down an international love triangle, especially one featuring ghosts and a quest to save a family’s legacy set along the Caribbean coast! Every page in The Waves Take You Home sizzles with life and lush descriptions. I grew nostalgic as I read for the sights and smells of Colombian street food and culture. It’s a love story, deeply invested in all the ways love defines us—love for family, childhood crushes, tradition, and especially a well-cooked meal.” —Adriana E. Ramírez, author of Dead Boys, winner of the PEN Fusion Award, and author of the forthcoming novel The Violence
“Richly atmospheric and poignant, The Waves Take You Home is a delicious feast for the heart. María Alejandra Barrios Vélez’s debut thoughtfully examines the way generational roots bind us to the past and nurture our future. I could feel the oppressive heat of Barranquilla, Colombia, taste the flavorful paella, and smell the sweet vanilla in the air as Violeta ‘Vi’ Sanoguera learns to trust her intuition and find her voice. A story of self-discovery, family, food, and love I didn’t want to end!” —Lauren Parvizi, author of La Vie, According to Rose
“The Waves Take You Home is a tender, generous novel that sings with the rhythms of family, food, and love. A warm and wise meditation on the ghosts of lives unlived that challenges familiar immigrant narratives and resounds with the voices of three unforgettable women. María Alejandra Barrios Vélez conjured a world I didn’t want to leave.” —Katie Gutierrez, national bestselling author of More Than You’ll Ever Know
“A stunning, vivid debut, The Waves Take You Home is an authentic, rich exploration of ancestry, responsibility, immigration, home, food, womanhood, history, and so much more. It tugged at my heartstrings and made me reflect on my own life choices, whether they were made out of love or fear and if they were truly mine at all.” —Janelle Williams, author of Gone Like Yesterday
“The Waves Take You Home is a sweeping story about learning to trust yourself in a world haunted by the weight of expectation and legacy. On their journey to save their failing restaurant, Violeta and her family discover what it means to carry the memories of ancestors within us and how those memories may serve to guide us on our true path—to root us in place, in love, and in community. Barrios Vélez’s debut speaks also to larger themes of immigration and inheritance: what we lose and what we gain when we follow our heart.” —Christine Kandic Torres, author of The Girls in Queens
“From the moment Vi stepped off the plane in Barranquilla, I felt as if I had come along for the journey. The wonderful descriptions of the town, its people, and Caminito’s traditional Colombian dishes made me wish I was visiting for real. I especially enjoyed the supernatural element to this emotional story about going back home to discover who you were always meant to be.” —Annette Chavez Macias, bestselling author of Big Chicas Don’t Cry
About the Book
In this deeply heartfelt story about what it takes to build a new life, the death of her abuela brings a young woman home, where she must face the past in order to move forward and build a life that’s truly her own.
Ten years after she immigrated to the States, twenty-eight-year-old Vi goes home to Barranquilla, Colombia, at the news of her grandmother’s death. Abuela was the one who insisted Vi leave in the first place, but now Vi learns she’s inherited Caminito, their failing family restaurant.
Vi can’t understand Abuela’s intentions, but she resolves to honor those final wishes and stay―long enough, at least, to save Caminito. Her life in New York with a serious boyfriend and bourgeoning career is stable enough to wait for her return.
But the longer Vi is home, the more she struggles with what that word means. Abuela’s ghost is never far, reminding her of the choices she’s made and the ones that lie ahead.
As she reconnects with her family, community, and her first love, Vi will have to decide if she truly did leave for her own good all those years ago…and whether this time she should stay.
About the Author
María Alejandra Barrios Vélez is a writer born in Barranquilla, Colombia. She has an MA in creative writing from the University of Manchester and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and scruffy dog, Gus.
She was the 2020 SmokeLong Flash Fiction Fellow, and her stories have been published in Shenandoah Literary, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, El Malpensante, Fractured Lit, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Offing, and more. Her work has been supported by organizations such as Vermont Studio Center, Caldera Arts, and the New Orleans Writers’ Residency.
The Waves Take You Home is María’s debut, inspired by the resilience and strength of the women in her family and the Caribbean city she spent most of her life in.
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