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María Amparo Escandón

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June 19, 1957

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María Amparo Escandón is a Mexican born, US resident, best-selling bilingual novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film producer. Her award-winning work is known for addressing bicultural themes that deal with the immigration experience of Mexicans crossing over to the United States. Her stories concentrate on family relationships, loss, forgiveness, faith, and self-discovery. A linguist with a sharp ear for dialogue, she explores the dynamics of language in border sub-cultures and the evolution of Spanglish. Her innovative style of multiple voice narrations and her cleverly humorous, quirky, and compassionate stories with a feminine angle capture the magical reality of everyday life and place her among the top Latin American fema ...more

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Average rating: 3.26 · 27,484 ratings · 2,454 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	L.A. Weather 3.18 avg rating — 24,448 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Esperanza's Box of Saints 3.85 avg rating — 1,558 ratings — published 1998 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gonzalez & Daughter Trucking Co.: A Road Novel with Literary License 3.92 avg rating — 1,480 ratings — published 2005 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suspended Sentences: Stories by Albert J. Guerard, María Amparo Escandón really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Santitos : Sexo, Humor y Realismo en una Novela Magica (Spanish, Espanol) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“But people sitting at a table don’t make a family. Monologues don’t make a conversation.”
― María Amparo Escandón, L.A. Weather

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“My work is part detective, part cultural anthropologist. I am a spy, a researcher, a negotiator, a trendsetter, a socialite, and a dealmaker. This is the reason I own this one-man niche. I supply the world with the most brilliant stories in adrenaline-packed adventures concocted by writers, stalkers, hackers, and odd characters, and then produced and marketed by heads of studios and publishers who come to me with preemptive offers. I have the power to turn someone’s obscure dream into one hundred TV episodes, then syndication. I can find a screenplay written in film school and turn it into a blockbuster.”
― María Amparo Escandón, L.A. Weather

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“Secrets have a tendency to come out eventually, in unexpected and nasty ways.”
― María Amparo Escandón, L.A. Weather

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Polls

April BoTM Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 Books move onto final poll.

The House in the Cerulean Sea

by T.J. Klune

12 votes, 41.4%

Deacon King Kong

by James McBride

7 votes, 24.1%

One Last Stop

by Casey McQuiston

3 votes, 10.3%

Ella Minnow Pea

by Mark Dunn

2 votes, 6.9%

The Wangs vs. the World

by Jade Chang

1 vote, 3.4%

L.A. Weather

by María Amparo Escandón

1 vote, 3.4%

I Miss You When I Blink

by Mary Laura Philpott

1 vote, 3.4%

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

by Lori Gottlieb

1 vote, 3.4%

The Female Persuasion

by Meg Wolitzer

1 vote, 3.4%

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

by Dawnie Walton

0 votes, 0.0%

29 total votes

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