Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester

I really loved this book.  I read an article from a Texas newspaper about 17 other books to read if you wanted to immerse yourself in the Latin experience but did not want to read American Dirt.  I a not sure you have to be Hispanic to be able to write about the culture, but it doesn't hurt, and there was so much back lash about the book that I felt it wasn't a good place to start.  This book is one of the first that I chose to read.
The book begins on the wedding day of Isabel and Martin.  They are pulling away from the church when the ghost of Omar, Martin's late father, appears in their car.  Martin is furious.  He and his father were not on good terms when last they met.  Isabel is surprised, but intrigued.  It is the Day of the Dead, and while she is unsure of the protocol on hugging a ghost, she wants to know more about Martin.  The book then toggles back and forth between the past and the present, chronicling Omar's story going forwards and backwards until it all comes together.  It is a pleasure to read.