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• Olga Dies Dreaming

  Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977-

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  It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro 'Prieto' Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Violeta

  a Novel

  Allende, Isabel

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  Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reclaim the Stars

  17 Tales Across Realms & Space

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  From stories that take you to the stars, to stories that span into other times and realms, to stories set in the magical now, Reclaim the Stars takes the Latin American diaspora to places fantastical and out of this world. Follow princesses warring…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Ballad of Love and Glory

  a Novel

  Grande, Reyna

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  The year is 1846. After the controversial annexation of Texas, the US Army marches south to provoke war with Mexico over the disputed Rio Grande boundary. Ximena Salomé is a gifted Mexican healer who dreams of building a family with the man she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• High Spirits

  Short Stories on Dominican Diaspora

  Gomera-Tavarez, Camille

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  High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora...centered on one extended family--the Beléns--across multiple generations. It is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa--and Santo Domingo and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Woman of Endurance

  a Novel

  Llanos-Figueroa, Dahlma

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  A groundbreaking historical novel from a heralded author that explores the seldom discussed Puerto Rican Atlantic Slave Trade. At a time when importing humans from Africa had been prohibited by the Spanish Crown, Pola and other slave women provide…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Part of Your World

  Jimenez, Abby

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  People expect big things from Alexis Montgomery. She's a thirty-seven-year-old doctor from a wealthy and prestigious family full of world-renowned surgeons. Only, Alexis is tired of living up to her family's dreams for her. Now she's about to take…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hacienda

  Cañas, Isabel,

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  In the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz's father is executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife's sudden demise, choosing instead to seize the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Neruda on the Park

  a Novel

  Natera, Cleyvis,

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  The Guerreros have lived in Nothar Park, a predominantly Dominican part of the city, for over twenty years. When the crash of a wrecking ball signals the demolition of an old neighboring tenement, Eusebia, an elder of the community, quietly devises…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

  Cruz, Angie

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  From the beloved author of Dominicana, a GMA Book Club Pick and Women's Prize Finalist, an electrifying and indelible new novel about a woman who has lost everything but the chance to finally tell her story. Write this down: Cara Romero wants to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Calling for a Blanket Dance

  a Novel

  Hokeah, Oscar, 1975-

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  Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the multigenerational perspectives of his family as they face myriad obstacles. His father's injury at the hands of corrupt police, his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trust

  Díaz, Hernán, 1973-

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  Set in the Roaring Twenties and following Depression, this layered quartet of narratives unfolds an American epic.

• Woman of Light

  a Novel

  Fajardo-Anstine, Kali

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  The close of the 19th century brings the discovery of an infant on the banks of an arroyo. The infant will grow up to be a showman whose work in the carnival circuit begins an epic tale.

• Velvet Was the Night

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

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  1970s Mexico City sets the scene for political unrest, disappearances and spies. More than one person is searching for Leonora, a beautiful art student who has disappeared. What will their intersection bring?

• Monarca

  a Novel

  Gout, Leopoldo

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  A whimsical fable for all ages about Inés, a Mexican-American girl who receives a mysterious necklace from her abuela that turns her into a monarch butterfly--the fulfillment of a prophecy linking Inés's destiny to her family's legacy and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation