{"product_id":"the-amado-women-paperback-1","title":"The Amado Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDésirée Zamorano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBound by blood and separated by secrets, the Amado women must come together in the face of daunting circumstances.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Southern California, divorced matriarch Mercy Amado worries deeply for her three daughters. Celeste, the oldest, doesn't speak to her youngest sister. Fiercely intelligent and proud, she has moved away to San Jose and prides herself on being the fixer of all problems. Sylvia, who married a rich but abusive spouse, has immersed herself in suburbia with her two young daughters. Nataly is trying find fulfillment and security in the free-spirited Latino art world. She works on her textile creations by day and waits tables in an upscale restaurant by night.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan Mercy bring her daughters back together following a string of earth shattering events? Or will the Amado women close ranks and lose each other in the process?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLos Angeles native \u003cb\u003eDésirée Zamorano\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the groundbreaking, family-saga, historical fiction novel \u003ci\u003eDispossessed\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eAmarisa's Cooking Pot: Tales of Life in All Its Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work is an exploration of where cultures connect and collide. Selections can be found in \u003ci\u003eAlta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAkashic's South Central Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work \"Caperucita Roja\" was chosen as a distinguished short story in \u003ci\u003eBest of American Mystery and Suspense\u003c\/i\u003e, 2022. She teaches linguistic and cultural diversity at California State University Long Beach and is a senior fiction editor at \u003ci\u003eSilk Road Review\u003c\/i\u003e. You can find her at desireezamorano.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265965408505,"sku":"9781935955733","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/10KOXssea79781935955733_46e1ec92-fa8d-431f-8302-ab5cec47dadf.webp?v=1768847252","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-amado-women-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}