5/12/2023 0 Comments Book caramelo![]() ![]() From the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. ![]() Like the cherished rebozo, or shawl, that has been passed down through generations of Reyes women, Caramelo is alive with the vibrations of history, family, and love. ![]() ![]() Soon, a multigenerational family narrative turns into a whirlwind exploration of storytelling, lies, and life. But when she starts telling the Awful Grandmother's life story, seeking clues to how she got to be so awful, grandmother accuses Lala of exaggerating. Struggling to find a voice above the boom of her brothers and to understand her place on this side of the border and that, Lala is a shrewd observer of family life. From the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street and winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. Much of the inspiration for Caramelo comes from her childhood, as part of a huge family where she was the youngest with six older brothers. Sandra is a Chicana writer raised in the U.S., in Chicago, who began publishing her work in the 1980’s. NATIONAL BESTSELLER Every year, Ceyala “Lala” Reyes' family-aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala's six older brothers-packs up three cars and, in a wild ride, drive from Chicago to the Little Grandfather and Awful Grandmother's house in Mexico City for the summer. The book I chose to review is Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros, published in 2002. ![]()
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