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• A Woman of Endurance

  Llanos-Figueroa, Dahlma,

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  The unforgettable power of Toni Morrison's Beloved and the evocative atmosphere of Phillippa Gregory's A Respectable Trade combine in this groundbreaking novel by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, which illustrates a little-known aspect of the story – the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dominicana

  Cruz, Angie

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  Ana Canción, a 15-year-old girl never dreamed of going to the United States, but when Juan Ruiz proposes to her and promises to take her to New York City, she says yes. It doesn't matter that he is older than her and that there is no love between…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Shape of Water

  Toro, Guillermo del, 1964-

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  Visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and renowned author Daniel Kraus combine their formidable talents in a love story as moving as it is fascinating." The Shape of Water" is set in the city of Baltimore in the middle of the Cold War, in the Occam…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Queen of the South

  Pérez-Reverte, Arturo

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  Based on the popular Netflix series, "The Queen of the South" has suspense, death and a lot of passion.

• One Hundred Years of Solitude

  García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014

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  José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán love each other, but they are first cousins, and the omen falls on them that their children could be born with pig's tails. The curse torments them day and night without rest.

• Red Queen

  Gómez-Jurado, Juan

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  She is not a detective, policeman or a secret service agent, but she is capable of solving crimes with surprising ability. Meet Antonia Scott.

• More Than You'll Ever Know

  Gutierrez, Katie

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  In 1985, Lore Rivera married Andrés Russo in Mexico City, although she was already married to Fabián Rivera in Laredo, Texas, with whom she also has two children. Throughout her career as an international banker, Lore divides her time between the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House on Mango Street

  Cisneros, Sandra,

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  Celebrated since its initial publication as the classic story of a girl from Chicago's Latin Quarter, La Casa en Mango Street has been elogadio by critics, embraced by children and their parents and grandparents and studied everywhere, from schools…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The House of the Spirits

  Allende, Isabel,

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  Isabel Allende's first novel tells the saga of a powerful family of landowners. The despotic patriarch Esteban Trueba has built with an iron fist a private empire that begins to falter with the passage of time and an explosive social environment.

• Afterlife

  Alvarez, Julia

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  Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has pulled the rug out from under her. She has just retired from college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, dies suddenly.

• The Shadow of the Wind

  Ruiz Zafón, Carlos, 1964-

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  One dawn in 1945, a boy is led by his father to a mysterious hidden place in the heart of the old city: the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. There he finds The Shadow of the Wind, a cursed book that will change the course of his life and drag him into a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Like Water for Chocolate

  a Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies

  Esquivel, Laura, 1950-

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  Like Water for Chocolate is a novel by Mexican writer Laura Esquivel, published in 1989. The story revolves around Tita, a woman who cannot live a love story because of the family tradition, which forces her to take care of her mother and remain…Read moreRead more of this annotation