Overview
Una historia de pasiĆ³n y venganza sobre una familia y la maldiciĆ³n que los persigue por aƱos.
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En 1951, una misteriosa anciana confronta a Pilar Aguirre en La CiĆ©naga, un pueblo fronterizo entre MĆ©xico y Texas. Convencida de que Pilar le robĆ³ el marido, le arroja una maldiciĆ³n que cae tambiĆ©n sobre su familia. Medio siglo despuĆ©s, LulĆŗ MuƱoz estĆ” lidiando con una vida caĆ³tica, sobre todo, con su inminente fiesta de quinceaƱos. Como si fuera poco, fallece su amada abuela. En el funeral, una desconocida glamourosa y solitaria aparece para cambiarle la vida.
Rica en detalles cinemĆ”ticos ādesde rodeos polvorientos, un concierto de Selena y el confort de las baladas que se tocan en las reuniones familiaresā este memorable debut nos enfrenta a dos
poderosas voces femeninas: la de una mujer que debe reconciliarse con su pasado y la de una joven que se esfuerza por abrazar su futuro. Es, sobre todo, una carta de amor a la cultura tejana y a la importancia de la familia.
Fuentes ha logrado algo raro e inolvidable con esta historia de mujeres tan complejas.āErika SĆ”nchez, autora de Yo no soy tu perfecta hija mexicana
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Good Morning America (GMA) Book Club pick for June
A story full of passion and revenge, following one family living on the Texas Mexico border and a curse that reverberates across generations --"Fuentes has achieved something rare and indelible with this story of complex women.ā (Erika L. SĆ”nchez)
In 1951, a mysterious old woman confronts Pilar Aguierre in the small boarder town of La Cienega, Texas. The old woman is sure Pilar stole her husband and, in a heated outburst, lays a curse on Pilar and her family.
More than forty years later, Lulu MuƱoz is dodging chaos at every turn: her troubled fatherās moods, his rules, her secret life as singer in a punk band, but most of all her upcoming quinceaƱera. When her beloved grandmother passes away, Lulu finds herself drawn to the glamorous stranger who crashed the funeral and who lives alone and shunned on the edge of town.
Their unexpected kinship picks at the secrets of Luluās familyās past. As theĀ quinceaƱera loomsāand we move between these two strong, irascible female voicesāone woman must make peace with the past, and one girl pushes to embrace her future.
Rich with cinematic detailsāfrom dusty rodeos to the excitement of a Selena concert and the comfort of conjunto ballads played at family gatheringsāthis memorable debut is a love letter to the Tejano culture and community that sustain both of these women as they discover what family means.
This book title, Malas (Spanish Edition), ISBN: 9798890980694, by Marcela Fuentes, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (June 25, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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