The Sunday Tertulia: A NovelHarper Collins, 26/05/2009 - 224 páginas “Heartfelt, intelligent. . . imagine Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club crossed with Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate. . . . Carlson’s love and appreciation for Latin cadences and culture comes though on every page.” — Los Angeles Times Claire is a young, struggling New Yorker whose understanding of life is enriched after a group of older and wiser Latina women bring her into a close-knit circle: their Upper West Side tertulia. Once a month, they come together for a Sunday afternoon of revelry, at which delicious food and strong opinions are served up in equal measure. Through their recollections and counsel, Claire comes to know the colorful, exotic, and sometimes contradictory attitudes that informed these women's lives. She begins to see her own challenges through a prism more poetic and worldly. Humorous and bittersweet, The Sunday Tertulia brings to life cherished Latin traditions and celebrates women's wisdom and spirituality. |
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... opened the door . My editor , Julia Sere- brinsky , took me many steps further , allowing for better perspective . My work has been influenced by them all . Preface Every month or so on Sunday afternoon , Isabela X Acknowledgments.
... chicas , " she might say , " did you know that ancient Romans used to hang white roses from the ceilings in their homes ? Blos- somy white blooms only , which meant that any conver- 3 Every month or so on Sunday afternoon, Isabela, ...
... afternoon , I felt the urge to go to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to see the extraordinary roses I had heard so much about . In my loneliness , those first days in June , I often went to public places on the weekends just to have some ...
... afternoon , I had found my first real friend in the city . Quite soon , I became part of Isabela's coterie . A group , interestingly enough , that reflected the diversity of Latin culture : Caribbean , Southern Cone , Andean 9 The ...