The Comadres & Friends Book Club is pleased to announce its books for August 2022.
We know you will enjoy these selections. The first is a page turning, pulse racing memoir of the first Peruvian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The second is this tempestuous and passionate romance about a rum heiress from Santo Domingo and the Scottish Earl who proposes a marriage of convenience that might save them both.
BOOK OF THE MONTH: IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN: A MEMOIR OF COURAGE
Author: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
A Latina hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. Deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she’d suffered as a child, she started climbing. Something about the brute force required for the ascent―the risk and spirit and sheer size of the mountains and death’s close proximity―woke her up. She then took her biggest pain as a survivor to the biggest mountain: Everest.
CONVERSATIONS WITH BOOK: A CARIBBEAN HEIRESS IN PARIS
Author: Adriana Herrera
From their first tempestuous meeting, Luz Alana is conflicted. Why is this titled—and infuriatingly charming—Scottish man so determined to help her? For Evan, every day with Luz Alana makes him yearn for more than her ardent kisses or the marriage of convenience that might save them both. But Luz Alana sailed for Paris prepared to build her business and her future; what she wasn’t prepared for was love finding her.
Visit our website for full book summaries and author bios: https://latinolit.com/august-2022-silvia-vasquez-lavado-adriana-herrera/
SAVE THE DATE! Monday, August 29, for our monthly Book Club Teleconference with live interviews with Silvia Vasquez-Lavado and Adriana Herrera. and if you sign up now, you may win a free book. Register here: https://latinolit.com/join-teleconference/
And don’t forget our Summer Reading List! 15 books in different genres by your favorite Latino authors. Check out the full list here: https://latinolit.com/summer-reading-list-2022/
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Wednesday, August 17 ---Special Summer Reading by authors from our Summer Reading List. Details to follow.
Happy Reading, and always Read Latino Lit.
