THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

   The Latina Book Club welcomes author Mia Sosa as our first guest blogger of the New Year. She gives us the scoop on her Valentine’s Day traditions and her new romance novel. Happy Reading! Romance shouldn’t start and end on February 14. – Mia Sosa Mia Sosa I’m a romance author, and today is Valentine’s Day, so on this day in particular the conditions are ripe for smoking-hot romance in my life, right? Wrong. I have a confession to make: Valentine’s Day is just another day in our household. Hopefully you’re not gasping in shock, because that would be, well, a bit dramatic. But if you’re surprised, stick with me and I’ll explain why my confession shouldn’t be all that surprising. My husband and I are college sweethearts. Which means we did what many people do when they’re young and in love (and nauseating). Even though we saw each other nearly every day, we sent each other several love letters each week—and because this was before the age...

Grand Central Publishing Young Adult Don’t let the Young Adult label fool you. This is a book for adults as well, especially those adults that are first generation children. I am a first generation child. My mother came to the US from Puerto Rico in 1958. She spoke no English, had not finished high school (education for females was considered unnecessary) and knew about two people who lived in New York. But she came looking for the American Dream. I remember as a child being acting as translator for her with doctors and teachers. I can still recall the frustration on her face when she couldn’t express herself even with my help. One day she just turned off the Spanish radio and changed our TV from a telenovela to some sort of western. (Who doesn’t love John Wayne?!) That was the turning point in our lives. She was determined to learn English and to give us a better chance at life, and so she did. My mom graduated from Brooklyn College and became a Social Worker with the City of N...

TELL ME SOMETHING TRUE by Leila Cobo Grand Central Publishing Gabriella always loved the picture of her mother kneeling in front of a bed of roses, smiling, beautiful and impossibly happy. But then she learns that her late mother hated gardening; that she had never wanted the house in the Hollywood hills, the successful movie producer husband, and possibly, her only daughter. When Gabriella discovers a journal--a book that begins as a new mother's letters to her baby girl, but becomes a secret diary--the final entry leaves one question unanswered: the night her mother died, was she returning to Colombia to end an affair, or was she abandoning her family for good? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Leila Cobo is Executive Editor for Latin Content and Programming for Billboard. Under her tenure, Billboard has expanded its coverage of Latin Music and for the first time in its more than 100-year history, the magazine has a complete weekly section dedicated solely to Latin music. TELL ME SOMETH...