Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355118to listen full audiobooks. Title: Patron Saints of Nothing Author: Randy Ribay Narrator: Ramón De Ocampo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: June 18, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Mystery & Thriller Publisher's Summary: A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder. 'Brilliant, honest, and equal parts heartbreaking and soul-healing.' --Laurie Halse Anderson, author of SHOUT 'A singular voice in the world of literature.' --Jason Reynolds, author of Long Way Down Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall. But when he discovers that his Filipino cousin Jun was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, and no one in the family wants to talk about what happened, Jay travels to the Philippines to find out the real story. Hoping to uncover more about Jun and the events that led to his death, Jay is forced to reckon with the many sides of his cousin before he can face the whole horrible truth -- and the part he played in it. As gripping as it is lyrical, Patron Saints of Nothing is a page-turning portrayal of the struggle to reconcile faith, family, and immigrant identity.

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