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Nothing prepares Jaya, A New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its wake. Desperate to assuage her deep anguish, she decides to go to India to uncover answers to her family's past. Intoxicated by the sights, smells, and sounds she experiences, Jaya becomes an eager student of the culture. But it is Ravi -- her grandmother's former servant and trusted confidant -- who reveals the...
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During his college years, the very family solidarity that allows Francisco to survive as a child is tested. Not only must he leave his family when his goes to Santa Clara University, but while Francisco is there, his father abandons the family and returns to Mexico.
46) Mango moon
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Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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"Ten-year-old Maricela, her brother Manuel, and mother face many challenges when her father is taken away to face deportation, but love binds them close." --
49) La luna mango
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Cuando un padre es apartado de su familia y enfrenta la deportación, su familia se queda sufriendo con el duelo y deseando saber qué sucederá después. Maricela, Manuel y su madre enfrentan los muchos desafíos al tener que su vida es cambiada completamente por la ausencia de su padre y su esposo. Mudarse a una casa nueva, juegos de fútbol perdidos, fiestas de cumpleaños, y el vacío son ahora la norma del día a día. La Luna Mango...
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"Populated with lovers who leave and return, with ghosts of the Holocaust and messages from the dead, Courtney Sender's debut collection speaks in a singular new voice about the longings and loneliness of contemporary love. The world of these fourteen interlocking stories is fiercely real but suffused with magic and myth, dark wit, and distinct humor. Here, ancient loss works its way deep into the psyche of modern characters, stirring their unrelenting...
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El matrimonio de Lauren y Ryan está en punto muerto, al borde de la ruptura. Ellos saben que se quieren, pero no son felices, ni siquiera se soportan. ¿Cómo han podido llegar a esta situación? Tienen que hacer algo drástico si no quieren terminar mal. Así que se les ocurre un plan poco convencional: estar separados durante un año y no tener contacto entre ellos. Esta nueva situación les servirá para conocerse mejor y saber si se echan...
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A vivid new cast of characters collide in gritty 1990s Brooklyn, in this latest from acclaimed neo-noir author William Boyle. In City of Margins, the lives of several lost souls intersect in Southern Brooklyn in the early 1990s. There's Donnie Parascandolo, a disgraced ex-cop with blood on his hands; Ava Bifulco, a widow whose daily work grind is her whole life; Nick, Ava's son, a grubby high school teacher who dreams of a shortcut to success; Mikey...
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"Cuando a eso del mediodía por fin pudieron separarse y pensar en algo que no fuera el agobiante amor, y abrieron los postigos, al fondo estaban las montañas borradas por el agua, pues llovía en el mundo hasta donde alcanzaba la vista". Julia desapareció hace siete meses, después de abandonar a Raúl. Sólo quedan su recuerdo persistente, su presencia fantasmal y su voz... Raúl observa el paisaje y siente a Julia en los silencios. Su amor por...