THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

     There are so many good, memorable, inspiring memoirs that it was difficult to choose only 14.   Please feel free to add your favorites to this list.---mcf 1)       RITA MORENO: A MEMOIR by Rita Moreno 2)       HANDBOOK FOR AN UNPREDICTABLE LIFE by Rosie Perez 3)       TAKE THIS MAN: A MEMOIR  by Brando Skyhorse 4)       A CUP OF WATER UNDER MY BED by Daisy Hernandez 5)       CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK BURNER by Lucha Corpi 6)       THE CLOSER by Mariano Rivera 7)       SHATTERED PARADISE:   MEMOIRS OF A NICARAGUAN WAR CHILD by Ileana Araguti 8)       WHEN I WAS PUERTO RICAN by Esmeralda Santiago 9)       DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS by Piri Thomas 10)    ALMOST WHITE: F...

    I have always been a daydreamer. But I will not rest until one dream is made real: that we might reimagine what it is to be a man, that we reimagine what it means to say, 'man up.'   --- Carlos Andrés Gómez     MAN UP is a powerful book that challenges the traditional image of the Latino “macho man.”   Heck, it challenges the traditional images of “every man”, especially the American male.     It’s raw, honest and hopeful.   Gómez opens up to readers and exposes his greatest fears and vulnerabilities.   Nothing is off-limits.   He talks about his family, heritage, sexuality, and relationships.   This book is about growth and transformation, about courage and strength, about redefining the concept of masculinity.   Gómez is the son of a white mother and a Colombian father.   He is fair with green eyes, but with his last name and his heritage, people assumed his father was a drug dealer.   ...