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• A Long Petal of the Sea

  a Novel

  Allende, Isabel,

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  From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.

• Largo pétalo de mar

  Allende, Isabel,

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  Un viaje a través de la historia del siglo XX de la mano de unos personajes inolvidables que descubrirán que en una sola vida caben muchas vidas y que, a veces, lo difícil no es huir sino volver.

• Afterlife

  a Novel

  Alvarez, Julia,

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  A literature professor tries to rediscover who she is after the sudden death of her husband, even as a series of family and political jolts force her to ask what we owe those in crisis in our families, biological or otherwise.

• Mas Alla

  una novela

  Alvarez, Julia,

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  Una profesora de literatura intenta redescubrir quien es despues de la repentina muerte de su marido, incluso cuando una serie de sacudidas familiares y politicas la obligan a preguntarse que debemos a los que estan en crisis en nuestra familia,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Undocumented Americans

  Cornejo Villavicencio, Karla,

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  “This is the book we’ve been waiting for. Karla Cornejo Villavicencio offers an unflinching indictment of our current immigration system, one that separates families, inflicts trauma, and every day eats away at people’s dignity. At the same time,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Had Me at Hola

  a Novel

  Daria, Alexis,

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  “Hola is a triumph of Latinx joy and feminist agency. It thoughtfully explores gender roles and diversity in entertainment and the greater Latinx community, and challenges the Hollywood status quo.” (NPR.org)

• Fiebre Tropical

  Delgado Lopera, Julian,

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  In this novel told in Spanglish, fifteen-year-old Francisca is uprooted from her life in Bogotá, Colombia, and moves with her family to Miami, Florida, where she is ushered into an evangelical church and falls in love with the pastor's daughter.

• Once I Was You

  a Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America

  Hinojosa, Maria, 1961-

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  Emmy Award-winning NPR journalist Maria Hinojosa shares her personal story interwoven with American immigration policy's coming-of-age journey at a time when our country's branding went from "The Land of the Free" to "the land of invasion.

• Una vez fui tú

  mi vida entre el amor y el odio en los Estados Unidos

  Hinojosa, Maria, 1961-

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  La periodista ganadora de cuatro premios Emmy y presentadora de Latino USA de NPR, María Hinojosa, cuenta la historia de la inmigración en los Estados Unidos a través de las experiencias de su familia y décadas de hacer reportajes, con lo cual crea…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hurricane Season

  Melchor, Fernanda, 1982-

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  Book now available in English. The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse-by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals-propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumors and suspicions…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Temporada de huracanes

  Melchor, Fernanda, 1982-

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  Una novela cruda y desgarradora en la que el lector quedará envuelto, atrapado por las palabras y la atmósfera de terrible, aunque gozosa, fatalidad. Un grupo de niños encuentra un cadáver flotando en las aguas turbias de un canal de riego cercano a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mexican Gothic

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  The acclaimed author of Gods of Jade and Shadow returns with a mesmerising feminist re-imagining of Gothic fantasy, in which a young socialite discovers the haunting secrets of a beautiful old mansion in 1950s Mexico.

• What Are You Going Through

  Nunez, Sigrid,

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  In What Are You Going Through, Nunez brings wisdom, humor, and insight to a novel about human connection and the changing nature of relationships in our times. A surprising story about empathy and the unusual ways one person can help another…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Taste of Sugar

  a Novel

  Vera, Marisel,

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  Writing in the tradition of great Latin American storytelling, Marisel Vera's The Taste of Sugar is an unforgettable novel of love and endurance, and a timeless portrait of the reasons we leave home.