"L.A. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants is a little rain. He's harboring a costly secret that distracts him from everything else. His wife, Keila, desperate for a life with a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage. Their three daughters--Claudia, a television chef with a hard-hearted attitude; Olivia, a successful architect who suffers from gentrification guilt; and Patricia, a social media wizard who has an uncanny knack for connecting with audiences but not with her lovers--are blindsided and left questioning everything they know. Each will have to take a critical look at her own relationships and make some tough decisions along the way. With quick-wit and humor, Maria Amparo Escandón follows the Alvarado family as they wrestle with impending evacuations, secrets, deception, and betrayal, and their toughest decision yet: whether to stick together or burn it all down"--
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This Mexican-born, US-based author is a bestselling novelist celebrated for her exploration of bicultural themes and the immigrant experience. Her literary work delves into family relationships, loss, forgiveness, and self-discovery, often with a distinct feminine angle. A gifted linguist, she captures the magical reality of everyday life through her innovative narrative style and compassionate, humorous stories, examining the dynamics of language in border subcultures. Her unique voice and perspective firmly place her among leading Latin American female writers.






- 2021
- 2007
- 2005
Transportes Gonzalez e Hija
Una vida sobre ruedas
Libertad González purga su pena en una cárcel mexicana por haber cometido un crimen del que, sin embargo, se resiste a hablar, pero ha descubierto una estupenda manera de combatir el tedio de la vida carcelaria: crear un club de lectura donde las presas se pueden entretener escuchando sus lecturas. Pero en realidad lo que les lee Libertad no son los libros de la biblioteca, sino que les cuenta su propia historia. Así es cómo conoceremos la disparatada y excéntrica vida de Libertad junto a su padre, un antiguo profesor de literatura convertido por pura casualidad en camionero, sus largos viajes por las carreteras de Estados Unidos a bordo de un pintoresco camión, su temprana afición por la literatura, la búsqueda de su madre y ... un más que sorprendente e inespe-rado final.
- 1999
- 1999
Všichni Esperanzini svatí
- 193 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Esperanza hledá svou zmizelou holčičku Blanku a vydává se na bolestnou, magickou, zábavnou i poučnou pouť. Originálně napsaný příběh chytne za srdce mnohého čtenáře. Esperanza se mění v průběhu děje z naivní ženy na ženu nezávislou, samostatnou a milující.