"A translated edition of H�ector Tobar's groundbreaking exploration of Latino identity in the United States"-- Provided by publisher. "Ganador del Kirkus Prize para Literatura No Ficción Nominado al Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence en Literatura No Ficción Entre los mejores libros del año: The New York Times • Time • Kirkus Reviews • NPR • BookPage Con su publicación original en tapa dura, Our Migrant Souls abrió nuevos caminos...

"A harrowing, powerful journey into Mexico City's and California's anexos, the informal addiction treatment centers where mothers send their children to escape the violence of the drug war''-- provided by amazon.

"Born into a large, close-knit family in Nicaragua, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodr�iguez grew up surrounded by strong, kind, funny, sensitive, resilient, judgmental, messy, beautiful women. Whether blood relatives or chosen family, these t�ias and primas fundamentally shaped her view of the world-and so did the labels that were used to talk about them. The t�ia loca who is shunned for defying gender roles. The pretty prima put on a pedestal for her...

''A sweeping yet personal overview of theLatino population of America, drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority. LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal interviews, deep research, and Marie Arana's life experience as a Latina. At present, Latinos comprise 20 percent of the US population,...

"A memoir from one of the most extraordinary entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, who taught himself how to code as a thirteen-year-old and claimed his share of the American Dream"-- Provided by publisher.

"Quiara Alegria Hudes era la nina de ojos penetrantes que permanecia resguardada en las escaleras de la casa de su abuela en el norte de Filadelfia mientras observaba a su familia bailar en su estrecha cocina. Le maravillaban sus tias, tios y primos, pero vivia aterrada por los secretos de la familia y las historias ocultas del barrio--todo esto mientras intentaba encontrar su propia voz entre el mar de lenguajes que la rodeaban, tanto en el habla...

"From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, an utterly original memoir-in-essays that is as deeply moving as it is hilariously funny"-- Provided by publisher. "De la autora de Yo no soy tu perfecta hija mexicana, bestseller del New York Times, nos llegan estos originalísimos ensayos autobiográficos, profundamente conmovedores y de una comicidad que desarma. Hija de inmigrantes mexicanos y criada en Chicago...

"In this unflinching and inspiring memoir, Jesus Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival, shining a light on a childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking, gang life, and substance abuse. Born to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s, Jesus Leon's childhood was violently ruptured. A dangerous and harrowing encounter at a local gift shop when he was eleven years old left Leon with a deadly secret....

"For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in the Colombia of the 1980's and 1990's in a house where "what did you dream?" was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy and violence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move the clouds. As a young girl, Rojas Contreras eavesdropped...