L.A. est seco como un desierto, Oscar, el patriarca de la familia Alvarado, est obsesionado con el clima y solo quiere un poco de lluvia. En realidad, alberga un secreto que lo distrae de todo lo dems. Su esposa, Keila, desesperada por tener una vida con un poco ms de intimidad y un poco menos de Weather Channel, siente que no tiene ms remedio que terminar su matrimonio. Sus tres hijas --Claudia, una chef televisiva de actitud insensible; Olivia, una arquitecta de xito que sufre la culpa de la gentrificacin; y Patricia, una maga de las redes sociales que tiene una extraa habilidad para conectarse con el pblico, pero no con sus amantes-- quedan sorprendidas ante la noticia y empiezan a cuestionar todo lo que saben. Cada uno tendr que mirar crticamente sus propias relaciones y tomar decisiones difciles en el camino. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Winner for of The Rudolfo Anaya Best Latino Focused Fiction Book Award, 2022. With quick-wit and humor, Maria Amparo Escandn 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.
L.A. est seco como un desierto, Oscar, el patriarca de la familia Alvarado, est obsesionado con el clima y solo quiere un poco de lluvia. En realidad, alberga un secreto que lo distrae de todo lo dems. Su esposa, Keila, desesperada por tener una vida con un poco ms de intimidad y un poco menos de Weather Channel, siente que no tiene ms remedio que terminar su matrimonio. Sus tres hijas --Claudia, una chef televisiva de actitud insensible; Olivia, una arquitecta de xito que sufre la culpa de la gentrificacin; y Patricia, una maga de las redes sociales que tiene una extraa habilidad para conectarse con el pblico, pero no con sus amantes-- quedan sorprendidas ante la noticia y empiezan a cuestionar todo lo que saben. Cada uno tendr que mirar crticamente sus propias relaciones y tomar decisiones difciles en el camino. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Winner for of The Rudolfo Anaya Best Latino Focused Fiction Book Award, 2022. With quick-wit and humor, Maria Amparo Escandn 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.
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