THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

    NEW! Every Wednesday The Latina Book Club will feature excerpts from exciting novels by Latino authors. Happy reading! and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! LUCK IS JUST THE BEGINNING By Celeste León Floricanto Press Book Summary:  This novel is based on Celeste Leon’s father’s true story – he won the Puerto Rican lottery and used the winnings for the benefit of all. It’s fiction but an inspiring heroic adventure.  Read our review of LUCK IS JUST THE BEGINNING by clicking here .  And click here for Celeste Leon’s post about her father. EXCERPT: CHAPTER 1 Maunabo, Puerto Rico November 17, 1944 Ramon León had a powerful premonition. Something extraordinary was about to happen. Just that morning, he shot an unprecedented seven free throws in a row. He watched the seventh ball soar into the air and sail through the tattered net when numbers appeared, high in the sky above the palm tree that held the fa...

       The Latina Book Club continues to celebrate and honor our Fathers. Here’s a loving tale about a Dad who is a true hero to his family and his town;  and an inspiration to men everywhere. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. —Maya Angelou And for the cruel person who tears out the heart with which I live, I cultivate neither nettles nor thorns; I cultivate a white rose. —José Marti   It’s your family, your friends, and our belief in one another that count most in the end. —Ramón Carrasquillo.   “Ramón León Carrasquillo had a powerful premonition. Something extraordinary was about to happen.” Floricanto Press So opens LUCK IS JUST THE BEGINNING, a novel by Celeste León based on her father’s true story.  It’s a beautiful, inspiring, mesmerizing tale written by a loving daughter to honor the man and father she admires most.  But don’t think this is just anoth...