Libro : El Clima De Los Angeles / L.a. Weather - Escandón,

-Titulo Original : El Clima De Los Angeles / L.a. Weather

-Fabricante :

Vintage Espanol

-Descripcion Original:

Con ingenio y humor, Maria Amparo Escandon sigue a la familia Alvarado mientras esta lucha con evacuaciones inminentes, secretos, engaños y traiciones, y con la decision mas dificil que deben tomar hasta el momento: permanecer unidos o quemarlo todo. L.A. esta seco como un desierto, Oscar, el patriarca de la familia Alvarado, esta obsesionado con el clima y solo quiere un poco de lluvia. En realidad, alberga un secreto que lo distrae de todo lo demas. Su esposa, Keila, desesperada por tener una vida con un poco mas de intimidad y un poco menos de Weather Channel, siente que no tiene mas remedio que terminar su matrimonio. Sus tres hijas -Claudia, una chef televisiva de actitud insensible; Olivia, una arquitecta de exito que sufre la culpa de la gentrificacion; y Patricia, una maga de las redes sociales que tiene una extraña habilidad para conectarse con el publico, pero no con sus amantes- quedan sorprendidas ante la noticia y empiezan a cuestionar todo lo que saben. Cada uno tendra que mirar criticamente sus propias relaciones y tomar decisiones dificiles en el camino.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONWith 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. L.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. Review “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 Chocolate “A phenomenal story about the Mexican-American experience in L.A: fun, quirky, heartwrenching, 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 Mountains “There 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 About the Author Maria Amparo Escandon, es una escritora bilingue, autora de novelas de superventas, narrativa breve, guionista y productora cinematografica, nacida en Mexico y residente en los Estados Unidos.