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You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation by Julissa Arce #ModernLatinaBookClub
The Modern Latina Book Club members picked You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation by best selling author Julissa Arce. Julissa dives into and tears apart the lie that assimilation leads to belonging. She combs through history and her own story to break down this myth, arguing that assimilation is a…
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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 reading. In Once I Was You, Maria shares her intimate experience growing up Mexican American on the South Side of Chicago. She offers a personal and illuminating account of…
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Modern Latina Book Club: More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You . . . and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz
We are excited to start 2021 with a book that will inspire and provide us with the tools and encouragement to be leaders while staying true to our authentic selves. Join the Modern Latina Book Club as we begin reading More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You . . . and Other Lessons for…
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Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras #ModernLatinaBookClub
We are excited to announce that the Modern Latina Book Club will be reading Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras. Her novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, is a national bestseller and New York Times Editor Pick. This autobiographically inspired story takes place in Bogotá, Colombia during the height of the Pablo…
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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia #ModernLatinaBookClub
The Washington Post wrote that ‘Mexican Gothic’ is a creepy, intoxicating mystery that’s almost impossible to put down. And the Modern Latina Book Club members are so excited to start read Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s newly released novel.