July 2018 Book of the Month All the Agents and Saints by Stephanie Elizondo Griest Published by: The University of North Carolina Press ISBN-10: 1469631598 ISBN-13: 978-1469631592 SYNOPSIS: After a decade of chasing stories around the globe, intrepid travel writer…
June Natalia Sylvester
June 2018 Book of the Month Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester Published by: Little A ISBN-10: 154204636X ISBN-13: 978-1542046367 SYNOPSIS: The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he’s already dead—an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding…
May Rosalie Morales Kearns
May 2018 Book of the Month Kingdom of Women by Rosalie Morales Kearns Published by: Jaded Ibis Press, LLC ISBN-10: 1937543420 ISBN-13: 978-1937543426 SYNOPSIS: In a slightly alternate near-future, women are forming vigilante groups to wreak vengeance on rapists,…
April Margarita Engle
April 2018 Children’s Book of the Month Miguel’s Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote by Margarita Engle Published by: Pristine Publishing ISBN-10: 1561458562 ISBN-13: 978-1561458561 SYNOPSIS: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra finds refuge from his difficult childhood by…
April Ruth Behar
April 2018 Book of the Month Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar Published by: Pristine Publishing ISBN-10: 0399546456 ISBN-13: 978-0399546457 SYNOPSIS: Ruthie Mizrahi and her family recently emigrated from Castro’s Cuba to New York City. Just when she’s finally beginning to…