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Your June Latino Book Releases
June 22, 2008
Here are books written by or about Latino culture out this month for your checklist. Happy Solstice. MEXICAN HIGH by Liza Monroy.
(Random House. Spiegel & Grau). Fiction.
A novel which people are describing as a Mexican-themed teenage angst is about a non Latina girl whose diplomat parents take her to Mexico City’s world of “fresas” — rich and fast kids.
(HarperCollins. Rayo). Non-fiction.
The charismatic Univision journalist talks about the deep worries, fear, and love that every parent experiences when raising children in an increasingly tumultuous world.
MARRIED TO ME by Dayanara Torres
(Penguin. Celebra.) Non-fiction.
The book on how this former beauty queen got over her painful marriage with Marc Anthony — who left her for Jennifer Lopez — to find true happiness.
Posted by Adriana V. Lopez on June 22, 2008 | Comments (0)
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