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…
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…