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Celebrate Hispanic American Heritage Month with these recommended titles by, for and about Hispanic Americans.
All of these library materials are owned by the Metropolitan Library System. Log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance.
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Becoming Latina in 10 Easy Steps
Lara Rios (Berkley Books, c2006)
Shelf Number: Fiction/RIO
The protagonist of this first novel is Marcela Alvarez. She is considered the family spinster because of her high-powered career and lack of marital prospects. She receives an unexpected shock when she discovers that her deadbeat dad is not Latino and embarks on a ten-step plan to reunite with her Chicana roots. |
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Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz
Almudena Solana (Harvill,c2005)
Shelf Number: Fiction/SOL
This unique first novel features Aurora Ortiz who moves to Madrid and needs a job. In order to apply for any kind of work the 30-year-old widow has to register with an employment agency, draft a resume and cover letter and set up lengthy in-person interviews, even though there might not be available openings. Rather than taking the traditional route, Aurora writes long, honest letters to the agency, and through them her life story emerges. Eventually, her wacky persistence pays off when Guillermo, an officer in the employment agency, falls under the spell of her letters.
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Divas Don’t Yield: a Novel
Sofia Quintero (One World/Ballantine, c2006)
Shelf Number: Fiction/QUI
In this sassily smart novel four New York Latina women from very different backgrounds set out on a road trip from New York to San Francisco to attend a women’s conference. Enroute the four women learn valuable lessons about loyalty, friendship and love. |
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Happy Hour at Casa Dracula
Marta Acosta (Pocket Books,c2006)
Shelf Number: Fiction/ACO
Despairing of seeing the fruits of her Ivy League university degree, aspiring writer Milagro de los Santos attends her ex-boyfriend’s cocktail party, where she is attracted to a neck-biting stranger. After the party, she develops bizarre appetites and finds herself drawn into the stranger’s family circle. A fun, snappy read for fans of romantic fantasy. |
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Havana Black
Leonardo Padura (Bitter Lemon Press,c2006)
Shelf Number: Fiction/PAD
Mario “the Count” Conde is back in another mystery. Cuban defector Miguel Forcade is found washed ashore, having been dispatched with a baseball bat and emasculated with a dull kitchen knife. Inspector Conde is coaxed from his intended retirement to uncover why Forcade was tempted back to his native Cuba and what happened. |
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Last Cato
Matilde Asensi (Rayo,c2006)
Shelf Number: Fiction/ASE
A secret religious brotherhood? Clues buried deep in the Vatican? No it’s not another Da Vinci Code but the first English-language publication from Spanish author Asensi—and an international bestseller to boot. A Vatican archivist, along with an archaeologist and a captain in the Swiss Guard, investigate international relic thefts, face tests based on the seven deadly sins, and search for the true cross. |
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