THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

The Latina Book Club celebrates LATINX HERITAGE MONTH every day. But to honor Latino / Latinx authors during this celebratory month, we will highlight a new book and author every day. Join us and #ReadLatinoLit. Flatiron Books DOMINICANA by Angie Cruz SUMMARY:   Fifteen-year-old Ana Cancion never dreamed of moving to America, the way the girls she grew up with in the Dominican countryside did. But when Juan Ruiz proposes and promises to take her to New York City, she has to say yes. It doesn’t matter that he is twice her age, that there is no love between them. Their marriage is an opportunity for her entire close-knit family to eventually immigrate. So on New Year’s Day, 1965, Ana leaves behind everything she knows and becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a cold six-floor walk-up in Washington Heights. Lonely and miserable, Ana hatches a reckless plan to escape. But at the bus terminal, she is stopped by Cesar, Juan’s free-spirited younger brothe...

The Latina Book Club is excited about the new books being released this month.   There are debuts, thrillers, coming of age stories, poetry, science fiction, and more.   Below are some of the new releases.  As we know of more, we will post.   Happy Reading! TRACING THE HORSE Poems by Diana Marie Delgado BOA Editions Limited Set in Southern California's San Gabriel Valley, Diana Marie Delgado’s debut poetry collection follows the coming-of-age of a young Mexican-American woman trying  to make sense of who she is amidst a family and community weighted by violence and addiction. DOMINICANA by Angie Cruz Flatiron Books Amid unrest in Dominican Republic, 15-year old Ana marries a man twice her age to get to New York City.  Married life proves anything but happy and Ana has a lot of growing up to do. BECOMING BEATRIZ by Tami Charles Charlesbridge Teen Beatriz' just wants to be a ...

by Angie Cruz Simon and Schuster ISBN 0-7432-1203-7 What starts off as a my father-in-law-is-living-with-us-and-wrecking-our-lives book conceals many political, revolutionary secrets. LET IT RAIN COFFEE is at times poignant and stark, and at other times sweet and innocent. The heady blend will keep readers turning pages. Questions to discuss: 1) Is Esperanza stuck in the past or is Don Chan? 2) How harmless is Don Chan? 3) Who is Miraluz and how important is she to the story? 4) What do you think of Mrs. Hernandez? does she love her husband? 5) Did Bobby and Hush really have a chance?