View this post on Instagram A post shared by GrandesDreamers (@grandesdreamers) Grandes Dreamers, written by Argelia Atilano and features the bright and vivid art of Anna Alvarado, is the perfect addition to your family library. The book celebrates the life, journey, impressive careers, … [Read more...] about Grandes Dreamers
Book Reviews
Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia #ModernLatinaBookClub
Modern Latina is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. The Modern Latina Book Club members could not put down Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. We are so excited to delve into her latest novel, Velvet Was the … [Read more...] about Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia #ModernLatinaBookClub
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia #ModernLatinaBookClub
Join the Modern Latina Book Club as we begin reading Of Women and Salt on 7/5/21. Synopsis: A sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born. In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is … [Read more...] about Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia #ModernLatinaBookClub
The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende #ModernLatinaBookClub
Join the Modern Latina Book Club as we begin reading The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende on 5/3/21. Synopsis: “When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating,” begins Isabel Allende. As a child, she watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three small children without “resources or voice.” Isabel became a fierce and defiant … [Read more...] about The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende #ModernLatinaBookClub
Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by Maria Hinojosa #ModernLatinaBookClub
The Modern Latina Book Club selected Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by Maria Hinojosa for our next book of the month. We start reading this powerful memoir on 3/1/21, to here to join in. Synopsis: “Anyone striving to understand and improve this country should read her story.” —Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road The Emmy … [Read more...] about Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by Maria Hinojosa #ModernLatinaBookClub