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1) LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE: A NOVEL IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS, WITH RECIPES, ROMANCES, AND HOME REMEDIES
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Adult - Hispanic Heritage Month
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Despite the fact that she has fallen in love with a young man, Tita, the youngest of three daughters born to a tyrannical rancher, must obey tradition and remain single and at home to care for her mother.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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2023 FPPL Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
2023 Read Widely: North America & The Caribbean
HPL Large Print Spotlight
2023 Read Widely: North America & The Caribbean
HPL Large Print Spotlight
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Harlow Estrada returns to the enchanted Hacienda Estrada, a family farm in Mexico where her mother, sisters, aunt and cousins harness the magic of charmed flowers, but when she's chosen to watch over the farm, she panics since she, herself, is magic-less, until she opens her heart to love and creativity.
When Harlow Estrada is abruptly fired from her dream job and her boyfriend proves to be a jerk, her world turns upside down. She flees New York...
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Español
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2023 FPPL Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
LSS - Hispanic Heritage
Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana
LSS - Hispanic Heritage
Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana
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La joven Tita vive en tiempos de la Revolución Mexicana. Las reglas en su casa son estrictas y en ocasiones irracionables. Su madre insiste en que la última hija de una mujer debe dedicar su vida a atender a su madre, así que Tita debe entregarse completamente al servicio familiar y olvidar el amor y el matrimonio. Sólo al cocinar puede expresar sus pasiones, pero al comer sus platos especiales, la otra gente experimenta los mismos sentimientos.
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Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
Description
"Years ago, young lovers Héctor and Lilia dreamed of a brighter future for their family in the United States. Héctor left Mexico first, to secure work and housing, but when Lilia, desperate to be with Héctor, impetuously crossed the border with their infant daughter, Alejandra, mother and child were separated, and Alejandra was never returned to her parents. Now, four years later, the family finally has a chance for reunion, but the damage wreaked...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
Description
This novel follows a young Mennonite woman, vulnerable yet wise beyond her years, who carries a terrible family secret with her on a remarkable journey to survival and redemption. Nineteen-year-old Irma lives in a rural Mennonite community in Mexico. She has already been cast out of her family for marrying a young Mexican ne'er-do-well she barely knows, although she remains close to her rebellious younger sister and yearns for the lost intimacy with...
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Español
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Mi negro pasado, continuación de Como agau para chocolate, es una defensa de la independencia femenina, y la mejor receta contra los males de nuestros días: el desarraigo, la obesidad y el cosumismo vacío. María, adicta a la comida, sufre el injusto fin de su matrimonio, en mitad de una avalancha de reproches racistas y machistas. Deshecha, recibe de manos de Lucía, su abuela por mucho tiempo ausente, el diario de Tita. Al adentrarse en él,...
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Publisher
Hub City Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Set amid the perils of illegal border crossings, The Iguana Tree is the suspenseful saga of Lilia and Hector, who separately make their way from Mexico into the United States, seeking work in the Carolinas and a home for their infant daughter. Michel Stone s harrowing novel meticulously examines the obstacles each faces in pursuing a new life: manipulation, rape, and murder in the perilous commerce of border crossings; betrayal by family and friends;...
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Znak Litera Nova
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Polish
Description
A young girl named Tita longs her entire life for her lover, Pedro, but can never have him because of her domineering mother's traditional belief that the youngest daughter must not marry but take care of her mother until the day she dies. Tita is only able to express her passions and feelings through her cooking, which causes the people who taste it to experience what she feels.
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This novel portrays Carlos Fuentes' best; it is aggressive, sharp, and powerful. With penetrating humor and frank narrative, the nine stories (in this novel) depict the rift that has occurred between the U.S. and Mexico in the last two hundred years. But Fuentes also gives us an insight into the force of Mexican life and culture, and how it has been able to survive in spite of the injustice and corruption in Mexico that have caused so many to seek...
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Español
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"Un ranchero quiere que sus cuatro hijos sean sacerdotes; ellos piensan distinto. Un hombre es humillado por su patrón; su hijo quisiera humillarlo más. Una madre renuncia a su carrera de cantante y se pregunta si valió la pena; su hija renuncia al mundo y vive a través de los reality shows. El hijo del presidente se rebela contra su padre, pero depende de su protección. Una mujer sufre el sadismo de su marido por amor. Una madre dolorosa...
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Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"An unforgettable debut of linked stories that follow the members and retinue of a wealthy Mexican family forced into exile after the patriarch is kidnapped. On an unremarkable night, Jose; Victoriano Arteaga--the head of a thriving Mexico City family--vanishes on his way home from work. The Arteagas find few answers; the full truth of what happened to Arteaga is lost to the shadows of Mexico's vast and desperate underworld, a place of rampant violence...
14) Orfandad
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"With her intimate narrative of breathtaking beauty, Karina Sosa delivers a painful and all the while privileged testimony of one of the social movements that outlined the face of contemporary Mexico." -Fernanda Melchor A daughter finds a rift in her family: her parents are separated and the house where she and her siblings are growing up is becoming increasingly populated by memories. In June 2006, the father of Karina-the protagonist of this story-leads...
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Narrativas hispánicas volume 731
Publisher
Editorial Anagrama
Pub. Date
2024.
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Español
Description
Una novela disparatada e inquietante sobre la familia, México y el empeño de escabullirse de la realidad. El protagonista de esta novela regresa a su pueblo en México después de largos años viviendo en el extranjero, donde ha formado una familia y lleva una vida apacible. Vuelve a la casa de sus padres para ayudar a sus hermanos a cuidar de ellos, ya mayores y con achaques. Se supone que será un paréntesis breve y luego retomará la rutina....
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Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
Description
"El resplandor de la madera es la historia de Casares, un mexicano de origen socioeconómico bajo que, marcado por las aspiraciones inculcadas por su madre, emprende sus estudios y su vida profesional intentando salir de la miseria y la ignorancia sin perderse en el camino, que es exactamente lo que le sucedió a su padre, quien tras invertir en negocios imposibles perdió su fortuna, su identidad y su familia. Pero el genial Aguilar Camín va mucho...
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Publisher
Lumen
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
Description
Teresa, la abuela, creció aislada en un orfanato en medio de la Sierra Gorda queretana, y desde pequeña ha visto con verguenza su facilidad para servir como médium a las almas en pena. A través deellas recibe la ubicación de un tesoro escondido y una popularidad que atrae a los políticos del momento para que les hable de su suerte. De sus hijos, uno se ordena como sacerdote, mientras otro se une a su primo para armar la Revolución y terminar...
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Narrativas hispánicas volume 506
Publisher
Anagrama
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
A novel about the sometimes comic dangers of growing up in Mexico in the 1980s.
En los años ochenta en Lagos de Moreno, un pueblo donde hay más vacas que personas y más curas que vacas, una familia más bien pobre intenta sobreponerse a los estramboticos peligros de vivir en México.
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