Synopses & Reviews
Inspiring, heartwarming and humorous, this special story collection celebrates Latino life and community across the country.
Whether your roots are in Mexico, Central or South America, the Caribbean or the Iberian Peninsula, the stories in this volume will remind you of the pride, hope and joy of being part of the Latino community in America. Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul showcases the storytelling traditions of Latino culture, articulating the joys, struggles and triumphs of the Latino experience:
- An abuela shares memories of encountering Pancho Villa and his army on hot, dusty summer morning while fetching water at the town square.
- A favorite tia explains her philosophy of life through the methodical preparation of enchiladas
- A young man learns an important lesson about life while trying to make his mother pronounce English "properly"
- A young woman recounts her family's successful struggle to survive the Great Depression in Spanish Harlem.
With stories that explore culture and identity, and that celebrate families and spirituality, living in two languages, crossing borders and overcoming life's challenges, each chapter focuses on the uniqueness of the Latino experience and tradition.
Review
"Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul: Celebrating La Comunidad Latina is a collection of powerful stories and poems written by people from all over the country. They are stories about family, loyalty to our parents, the wisdom of our grandparents, the deep sense of faith in the community, and so much more.. The stories will make you laugh, they'll make you cry and if you're like me, you'll finish the book with an even greater sense of Latino strength and pride" -Catherine Anaya, Latino Perspectives Magazine
Review
As with all of the Chicken Soup books, this one is a collection of short stories, poems, cartoons and quotations. The book is divided into chapters including Our Living Heritage, The Love of Family and Latino Identity. The 300 plus pages of text seem effortless to conquer in a single night since the stories are so short, yet so powerful. While many stories will make you laugh, the majority will leave you reaching for a tissue. Canfield, Hansen and Sánchez-Casal have successfully compiled a selection of stories that tug at your heartstrings and make you stop to appreciate your own family and roots. - Rebecca Burkeen, Latin Beat Magazine
About the Author
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are the #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are the #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.Susan Sánchez-Casal holds a Ph.D. in Latin American and U.S. Latino literatures. She teaches Latin American and U.S. Latino literatures at a small liberal arts college in Clinton, NY.