Camila Núñez’s Year of Disasters

Description

2026 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
2026 ALA Rainbow List title

Cuban American Camila Núñez has always been afraid of the future. She’s been working hard to keep her anxieties in check, but with so many new experiences–her first queer love, trouble with her dog walking job, her mother’s judgments about her body, learning to drive, her father being too busy with work–there’s just so much to worry about.

So when Camila’s best friend gives her a tarot card reading for her sixteenth birthday, she believes it when the cards predict terrible things to come. As the year unfolds, the cards seem to be spot-on–is her papi having an affair? Will her best friend’s love life ruin their friendship? Are all her relationships doomed to fail?

Whether she’s ready or not, Camila will have to reckon with all the ways her fear about the future is ruining her life and learn to find peace amidst it all.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Miriam Zoila Pérez
Published: 03/18/2025
Publisher: Page Street YA
ISBN: 9798890032195
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 1.40″ H x 8.30″ L x 5.50″ W

About the Author
Miriam Zoila Pérez is a queer Cuban American writer. Their non-fiction writing has appeared in outlets like The New York Times, and anthologies like Roxane Gay’s NYT bestseller Not That Bad. They were named a Lambda Literary Emerging LGBT Voice in Non-Fiction, and their TED talk about racism and maternal health has been viewed over a million times. This is their first novel. They live in Washington, DC, with Chuchi, who truly is the doggiest of dogs.