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LOCA But it quickly becomes anLonglisted for the Center of Fiction First Novel Prize 2025 It's 1999, and best friends Sal and Charo are striving to hold on to their dreams in a New York determined to grind them down. Sal is a book loving science nerd trying to grow beyond his dead end job in a new city, but he's held back by tragic memories from his past in Santo Domingo. Free spirited Charo is surprised to find herself a mother at twenty five, partnered with a controlling man,