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Hola, Comadres.  Happy Fall. Our Book of the Month and “Conversation with Book” are below; along with information on our month Teleconference and TwitterChat on September 26.   Join the Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club at www.latinolit.com and register to listen in to the Teleconference and you may win a free book.   Book of the Month WHITE LIGHT by Vanessa Garcia Shade Mountain Press Summary:   Just before her father's sudden death, Cuban- American artist Veronica Gonzalez is offered her first gallery exhibit, a real chance to break into the art world. Torn between the need to mourn and the pressure to create new artwork, Veronica is propelled into a fever-dream of productivity and grief, amidst memories of her tumultuous relationship with her colorful but infuriating Cuban émigré father, a volatile man of outsize appetites and passions who never stopped longing for his homeland. Praised by Nobel l...

PRESS RELEASE   Las Comadres and Friends National Latino Book Club Launches First Annual 2015 Summer Reading List “Connecting Latinos all over the world through Literature” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:   Maria Ferrer Media Relations Coordinator mferrer.lcbookclub@gmail.com www.latinolit.com Twitter:   @ReadLatinoLit Facebook: LasComadres June 21, 2015; Austin, TX— Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club announces its first annual Summer Reading List to launch on Sunday, June 21, 2015, the first official day of Summer. “We are launching a Summer Reading List,” said Edith Milagros Reyes, Book Club Project Manager, "to complement our monthly Book Club meetings and Teleconferences.   Plus, it's in line with our mission to promote the work of Latina/o authors.” The Book Club’s Summer Reading List has something for everyone.   It’s comprised of five fiction books, three young adult books, three memoi...