Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 NYC Big Book Award for Literary Fiction, Finalist for the 2024 Montaigne Medal (Eric Hoffer Book Award), Finalist for the 2024 da Vinci Eye (Eric Hoffer Book Award), Finalist in the 17th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards for New Fiction, Finalist in the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards for Multicultural Fiction, Finalist in the 2023 Eyelands Book Awards, Finalist in the 2023 IAN Book of the Year Awards for Literary Fiction, Honorable Mention in the 2024 Eric Hoffer Book Award for E-Book Fiction, Shortlistee for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize, Top 100 in the 8th Annual Launch Pad Prose Competition, Winner of the 2023 IAN Book of the Year Awards for Outstanding Multicultural Fiction, Winner of the 2023 IPPY Awards Bronze Medal for Best Regional Ebook (Fiction), and Winner of the 2023 Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction
