Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club is a book club to promote Latino authors. Membership is open to everyone. Most of the books are also available in Spanish. We welcome you to join our National Latino Book…
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December 2023 – V. Castro & Melania Luisa Marte
Book of the Month THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA Author: V. Castro Publisher: Del Rey Books ASIN: B0B6ZCXLFY SUMMARY: Alejandra no longer knows who she is. To her husband, she is a wife, and to her children, a…
November 2023 – John Manuel Arias & Gabriela Romero LaCruz
Book of the Month WHERE THERE WAS FIRE Author: John Manuel Arias Publisher: Flatiron Books ISBN-10: 1250817382 / ISBN-13: 978-1250817389 SUMMARY: In John Manuel Arias’s lush and lyrical debut, a Costa Rican family wrestles with the aftermath…
October 2023 – Esmeralda Santiago & Julia Amante
Book of the Month LAS MADRES Author: Esmeralda Santiago Publisher: Knopf ISBN-10: 030796261X9 / ISBN-13: 978-0307962614 SUMMARY: They refer to themselves as “las Madres,” a close-knit group of women who, with their daughters, have created a family…
September 2023 – Sandra Cisneros & Ana Veciana-Suarez
Book of the Month Women Without Shame: Poems Author: Sandra Cisneros Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group ISBN-10: 0593534824 / ISBN-13: 978-0593534823 SUMMARY: A brave new collection of poems from Sandra Cisneros, the best-selling author of The House on…