Alma García is a writer whose award-winning short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies. She is a past recipient of a fellowship from the Rona Jaffe Foundation. Originally from El Paso and Albuquerque, she now lives in Seattle, where she teaches fiction writing at the Hugo House and is a manuscript consultant. This is her first novel.

Two neighboring families in El Paso, Texas, have plunged into a harrowing week. Rose Marie DuPre has abandoned her family. Across the street, Jerry Gonzalez and his family struggle with the sudden arrival of a difficult, long-lost sister. Even Lourdes, the Mexican maid who works in both houses, finds herself entangled in secrets, lies, and border politics that blur every boundary between them. All That Rises asks what it means to belong--to a family and to the world beyond.