Description
Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins is a multigenerational family novel that explores identity, memory, and the meaning of belonging across three generations of a Puerto Rican family. The story centres on Rafaela, who remembers her early life in San Juan with vivid clarity but quietly hides the gradual loss of her memory as she reflects on her marriage, her move with her husband Peter to the American Midwest, and the dislocation that followed. Her daughter Ruth, now living in New York, has long struggled with complicated feelings about her heritage, while Ruth’s daughter Daisy seeks to reconnect with the family’s roots. When Daisy is injured during a visit to San Juan, the crisis draws the family back to the place where their story began. As they gather in the city that shaped their past, long-suppressed memories and unresolved tensions come to the surface.
Moving between Puerto Rico and the United States, the novel blends family drama with themes of migration, identity, generational memory, and the emotional ties that define the idea of home.
