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English
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"This stunningly original collection of stories illuminates a spectrum of Latinx, Chicanx, and immigrant women's voices. In confrontations with fraught matrilineal lines, absent or abusive fathers, and the effects of historical violence, these women and girls navigate a male-dominated world where they rely on a resilient mujer network to get them through sometimes supernatural obstacles. In visceral, embodied prose, Fragoza's imperfect characters...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Chita Rivera blazed a trail where none existed so the rest of us could see a path forward."—Lin-Manuel Miranda
"This deserves a standing ovation."—Publishers Weekly
The wildly entertaining memoir of the legendary Chita Rivera—multi–Tony Award winner, Kennedy Center honoree, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
She was born Dolores Conchita
...7) Bye bye baby
Author
Series
A Spenser novel volume 50
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Boston PI Spenser takes on a new case in this next installment in Robert B. Parker's iconic New York Times bestselling series"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients, Vivian, contending with the memories and aftereffects of her own bad childhood, makes a bold move during a family reunion that leaves her alone in new and terrifying ways, causing her to unravel.
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 218 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the moment Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat a ten-term incumbent in the primary election for New York's 14th, her journey to the national, if not world, stage, was fast-tracked. AOC investigates her symbolic and personal significance for so many, from her willingness to use her imperfect bi-lingualism, to the threat she poses by governing like a man, to the long history of Puerto Rican activism that she joins."--
Publisher
Atria Espanol
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xiv, 267 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
These narratives by authors such as Teresa Rodriguez, Luis Alberto Urrea, Fabiola Santiago, and others relate that 'comadres' have been essential in their lives in order to survive and succeed in the United States and Latin America. Friendship and cooperation are honored here as forms of power. 304pp.
Publisher
CBS Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (929 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Jane was a little girl, she vowed to remain a virgin until her wedding day. A mix-up during a routine medical exam gives birth to a series of miraculous mishaps. Now Jane is pregnant; the baby's father is her former crush and current boss, Rafael; and Jane's own father, whom she's never met, is the leading man in her favorite telenovela. It's as though her life is a soap opera and Jane is the star.
19) The Amado women
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Southern California is ground zero for upwardly mobile middle-class Latinas. Matriarchs like Mercy Amado--despite her drunken, philandering (now ex) husband--could raise three daughters and become a teacher. Now she watches helplessly as her daughters drift apart as adults. The Latino bonds of familia don't seem to hold. Celeste, the oldest daughter who won't speak to the youngest, is fiercely intelligent and proud. She has fled the uncertainty of...
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