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ENGLISH DESCRIPTION With quick-wit and humor, Maria Amparo Escand n 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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Con ingenio y humor, Mar a Amparo Escand n sigue a la familia Alvarado mientras esta lucha con evacuaciones inminentes, secretos, enga os y traiciones, y con la decisi n m s dif cil que deben tomar hasta el momento: permanecer unidos o quemarlo todo. 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 dem s. Su esposa, Keila, desesperada por tener una vida con un poco m s de intimidad y un poco menos de Weather Channel, siente que no tiene m s 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 gentrificaci n; y Patricia, una maga de las redes sociales que tiene una extra a habilidad para conectarse con el p blico, pero no con sus amantes-- quedan sorprendidas ante la noticia y empiezan a cuestionar todo lo que saben. Cada uno tendr que mirar cr ticamente sus propias relaciones y tomar decisiones dif ciles en el camino.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
With quick-wit and humor, Maria Amparo Escand n 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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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Con ingenio y humor, Mar a Amparo Escand n sigue a la familia Alvarado mientras esta lucha con evacuaciones inminentes, secretos, enga os y traiciones, y con la decisi n m s dif cil que deben tomar hasta el momento: permanecer unidos o quemarlo todo.
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 dem s. Su esposa, Keila, desesperada por tener una vida con un poco m s de intimidad y un poco menos de Weather Channel, siente que no tiene m s 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 gentrificaci n; y Patricia, una maga de las redes sociales que tiene una extra a habilidad para conectarse con el p blico, pero no con sus amantes-- quedan sorprendidas ante la noticia y empiezan a cuestionar todo lo que saben. Cada uno tendr que mirar cr ticamente sus propias relaciones y tomar decisiones dif ciles en el camino.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
With quick-wit and humor, Maria Amparo Escand n 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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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK La edici n en ingl s de El clima de Los ngeles (L.A. Weather) fue galardonada en 2022 con el Rudolfo Anaya Best Latino Focused Fiction Book Award.
Con ingenio y humor, Mar a Amparo Escand n sigue a la familia Alvarado mientras esta lucha con evacuaciones inminentes, secretos, enga os y traiciones, y con la decisi n m s dif cil que deben tomar hasta el momento: permanecer unidos o quemarlo todo.
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 dem s. Su esposa, Keila, desesperada por tener una vida con un poco m s de intimidad y un poco menos de Weather Channel, siente que no tiene m s 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 gentrificaci n; y Patricia, una maga de las redes sociales que tiene una extra a habilidad para conectarse con el p blico, pero no con sus amantes-- quedan sorprendidas ante la noticia y empiezan a cuestionar todo lo que saben. Cada uno tendr que mirar cr ticamente sus propias relaciones y tomar decisiones dif ciles en el camino.
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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 Escand n 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.