L.A. Weather - by María Amparo Escandón (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>FORECAST: Storm clouds are on the horizon in <i>L.A. Weather</i>, a fun, fast-paced novel of a Mexican-American family from the author of the #1 <i>Los Angeles Times</i> bestseller <i>Esperanza's Box of Saints</i></b> <p/>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. <p/>With quick-wit and humor, Maria Amparo Escandón 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"María Amparo Escandón is bold. Who dares to write about the weather in Los Angeles? Unlike the warm and benign climate cliché that can so easily be ignored, the complicated richness that makes up the Alvarado family can be appreciated from the first paragraph."<br>--<b> Laura Esquivel, </b> author of <i>Like Water for Chocolate</i> <p/>A 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). María Amparo Escandón is a superb and unique observer.<br>--<b> Jorge Ramos</b>, award-winning journalist and author of <i>No Borders</i> <p/>"Take it from María Amparo Escandón--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. <br>-- <b>Reyna Grande</b>, author of <i>Across A Hundred Mountains</i> <p/>There is no other voice as quick-witted and sharp as María Amparo Escandón's. In <i>L.A. Weather</i> 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, Escandón confronts how families test our understanding of not just ourselves, but of the very world around us.<br>-- <b>Alex Espinoza</b>, author of <i>Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime </i>and<i> Still Water Saints <p/></i>"Messy lives of women, well told. What could be better?"<br><b>-- Rodrigo García, </b> writer and director of <i>Nine Lives </i>and <i>Mother and Child <br></i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>María Amparo Escandón</b> is the author of the #1 <i>L.A. Times</i> bestseller <i>Esperanza's Box of Saints</i> and<i> González & Daughter Trucking Co</i>. Named a writer to watch by both <i>Newsweek </i>and the <i>L.A. Times</i>, she was born in Mexico City and has lived in Los Angeles for nearly four decades.
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