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UNBROKEN BY DR. EGLI COLON STEPHENS & NATALIA HARRIS

The Latina Book Club celebrates LATINX  HERITAGE MONTH every day. To honor Latino / Latinx authors during this celebratory month, we will highlight a new book and author every day. Join us and #ReadLatinoLit. Kindle Direct Publishing UNBROKEN: A Mother-Daughter Journey of Resilience, Faith and Courage By Dr. Egli Colón Stephens and  professional model Natalia Harris Egli and Natalia are personal friends. They have been working hard and diligently on this book for a few years.   We are so happy that their dream has come True! The book is done and being shared with all.   Natalia is healthy and featured in Delta’s newest ad campaign, and Egli is following her daughter into modeling. This dynamic duo will be appearing at the New York’s National Opera Center on Friday, September 20, at 7:30pm.   It’s a Free Book Launch Party.   All are welcome.   Visit them at www.eglicolonstephens.com. SUMMARY:  UNBROKEN...

MEMOIR WEEK: TAKE THIS MAN by Brando Skyhorse

  It's Memoir Week here at The Latina Book Club .   Do let us know which memoirs/biographies you would add to our list. Happy Reading.   Simon & Schuster "At least it's never boring." --Mami's favorite saying   Brando Skyhorse's memoir is at times funny, poignant and simply outrageous. Imagine growing up thinking you are an American Indian -- Mami's good intentions aside! -- and   then learning that your whole life was a lie, that you are really a Mexican.   TAKE THIS MAN is Skyhorse's search for his true identity and his real father. BOOK SUMMARY:     When he was three years old, Brando Kelly Ulloa was abandoned by his Mexican father. His mother, Maria, dreaming of a more exciting life, saw no reason for her son to live his life as a Mexican just because he started out as one. The life of “Brando Skyhorse,” the American Indian son of an incarcerated political activist, was about to begin. Through a series of letters to...