This month the Modern Latina Book Club features the best-selling novel Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel. Join the #ModernLatinaBookClub as we read this classic love story that was the inspiration for the award-winning film. Synopsis: This classic love story takes place on the De … [Read more...] about Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel #ModernLatinaBookClub
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#ModernLatinaBookClub features The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
by Linda Castillo The Modern Latina Book Club is starting off 2018 featuring The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. The story is centered around magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery that has moved readers around the world. Paulo Coelho … [Read more...] about #ModernLatinaBookClub features The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
#ModernLatinaBookClub features The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
by Socorro Castañeda-Liles, Ph.D. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is considered by many as one of the literary pillars of Chicanx Studies. This coming of age book centers on a young girl named Esperanza whose life unfolds in the crevasses of multiple worlds or to quote Chicana feminist philosopher Gloria Anzaldúa (1987), “the borderlands.” Growing up in Chicago, … [Read more...] about #ModernLatinaBookClub features The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
#ModernLatinaBookClub features Frida by Barbara Mujica
by Linda Castillo I was so excited when the Modern Latina Book Club selected Frida by Barbara Mujica as the next reading. And the reading serendipitously falls during Frida’s birthday month! Frida’s life story has captured the world and she inspires so many with her strength, creativity, beauty and talent. Frida lived her life following her passion and heart. Her pain, … [Read more...] about #ModernLatinaBookClub features Frida by Barbara Mujica
#ModernLatinaBookClub Features A Fighting Chance by Claudia Meléndez Salinas
by Maria Joaquina Villaseñor “Another one of Coach’s rules: If you want to be a champion, you have to run every day. Make the foggy mornings and windy afternoons your homeboys…Miguel Ángel would become a boxer.” What are the obstacles young Latinos must fight to have a chance? In A Fighting Chance, Claudia Meléndez Salinas draws us into the life of Miguel Ángel, a … [Read more...] about #ModernLatinaBookClub Features A Fighting Chance by Claudia Meléndez Salinas