September Mayte Garcia

September 2017 Book of the Month The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince by Mayte Garcia  Published by: Hachette Books ISBN-10: 0316468975 ISBN-13: 978-0316468978   SYNOPSIS: Music icon Prince is revered not only for his remarkable music, but also for his enigmatic and mysterious public…

August: Cecilia Velástegui

August 2017    Book of the Month Lucia Zarate by Cecilia Velástegui Published by: Libros Publishing ISBN-10: 0990671380 ISBN-13: 978-0990671381   SYNOPSIS: Lucia Zárate is based on the poignant, real-life odyssey of the world’s smallest woman. Pretty and gregarious, Lucia Zárate was just twenty…

July: Liza Treviño

July 2017    Book of the Month   All That Glitters by Liza Treviño Published by: Koehler Books   ISBN-10: 1633933083 ISBN-13: 978-1633933088     Book Synopsis (Short):  All That Glitters is a Latina-centric, rags-to-glam Hollywood saga with a serious edge. Alexandria Moreno—clever, sexy, driven and, at times, self-destructive.…

June: Judith Ortiz Cofer

June 2017    Book of the Month THE CRUEL COUNTRY by Judith Ortiz Cofer Published by: The University of Georgia Press ISBN: 978-0820347639  Synopsis: “I am learning the alchemy of grief―how it must be carefully measured and doled out, inflicted―but I have not…

Summer 2018 Reading List

PRESS RELEASE   LAS COMADRES AND FRIENDS NATIONAL LATINO BOOK CLUB     ** Connecting Readers All Over The World Through Latino Literature **   4TH ANNUAL SUMMER READING LIST FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                         JUNE 21, 2018 CONTACT: Maria…