L.A. Weather

L.A. Weather
Maria Amparo Escandon
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Hardback
h235 x 156mm - 352pg
7 Sep 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781250802569
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FORECAST: Storm clouds are on the horizon in L. A. Weather, a fun, fast-paced novel of a Mexican-American family from the author of the #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller Esperanza' s Box of SaintsL. A. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants is a little rain. He' s harboring a costly secret that distracts him from everything else. His wife, Keila, desperate for a life with a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage. Their three daughters-Claudia, a television chef with a hard-hearted attitude; Olivia, a successful architect who suffers from gentrification guilt; and Patricia, a social media wizard who has an uncanny knack for connecting with audiences but not with her lovers-are blindsided and left questioning everything they know. Each will have to take a critical look at her own relationships and make some tough decisions along the way. With quick-wit and humor, Maria Amparo Escandon follows the Alvarado family as they wrestle with impending evacuations, secrets, deception, and betrayal, and their toughest decision yet: whether to stick together or burn it all down.
Named one of Harper' s Bazaar BEST BOOKS OF 2021 A BEST BOOK OF SEPTEMBER (Barnes & Noble, Alta, PopSugar, Bustle, CNN, E! News, Ms. Magazine, Nylon, GMA, and more!) "This story beautifully weaves together the theme of family and uses weather as a metaphor to peel back the curtain on the layered lives of three sisters and their parents. " -- Reese Witherspoon "Enchanting. " -- Oprah Quarterly"Warm, witty, and funny, this novel makes the perfect, curl-up-on-the-couch long weekend read. " -- Amazon Book Review (Editors' Pick) "Maria Amparo Escandon is bold. Who dares to write about the weather in Los Angeles? Unlike the warm and benign climate cliche that can so easily be ignored, the complicated richness that makes up the Alvarado family can be appreciated from the first paragraph. " -- Laura Esquivel, author of Like Water for ChocolateA phenomenal story about the Mexican-American experience in L. A: fun, quirky, heart-wrenching, very human and full of soul. Read it and realize how much we all share (beyond the weather). Maria Amparo Escandon is a superb and unique observer. -- Jorge Ramos, award-winning journalist and author of No Borders"Take it from Maria Amparo Escandon--it' s not always 72 and sunny in Los Angeles. Known for her sly humor, she brings us a surprising story about family life in one of America' s most complex cities. -- Reyna Grande, author of Across A Hundred MountainsThere is no other voice as quick-witted and sharp as Maria Amparo Escandon' s. In L. A. Weather she displays yet again her talent for creating engaging characters who leap off the page and linger like old friends or cherished relatives. As the Alvarados face shifts of tectonic proportions, Escandon confronts how families test our understanding of not just ourselves, but of the very world around us. -- Alex Espinoza, author of Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime and Still Water Saints "Messy lives of women, well told. What could be better? " -- Rodrigo Garcia, writer and director of Nine Lives and Mother and Child A warmhearted domestic drama with political undercurrents makes for fun reading. -- Kirkus Review Absorbing, moving, comic and tragic, L. A. Weather will capture readers and never let them go. -- Shelf AwarenessA year in the life of a Mexican Jewish family whose problems include a near-drowning, a drought and drama galore as the marriages of the parents and all three daughters go off the rails. -- People
Maria Amparo Escandon is the author of the #1 L. A. Times bestseller Esperanza' s Box of Saints and Gonzalez & Daughter Trucking Co. Named a writer to watch by both Newsweek and the L. A. Times, she was born in Mexico City and has lived in Los Angeles for nearly four decades.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781250802569
Published: 7 Sep 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Flatiron Books
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 235mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 352

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