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Our share of night : a novel2022
Summary: In 1981, a young father and son set out on a road trip across Argentina, devastated by the mysterious death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travels to her family... more »- place hold (0)
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Cantoras2019
Summary: In 1977 Uruguay, a military government has crushed political dissent with ruthless force. In an environment where citizens are kidnapped, raped, and tortured, homosexuality is a dangerous... more »- place hold (0)
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The seven sisters : a novel2015
Summary: "The first book in a major new series from the #1 internationally bestselling author Lucinda Riley. Maia D'Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, "Atlantis"--a... more »- place hold (0)
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Violeta : a novel2022
Summary: Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family of five boisterous sons. The ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the... more »- place hold (0)
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The bridge of San Luis Rey2004
Summary: "On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." With this celebrated sentence, Thornton Wilder begins The Bridge... more »- place hold (0)
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The inheritance of Orquídea Divina : a novel2021
Summary: The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or why their matriarch won?t ever leave their home in Four Rivers --... more »- place hold (0)
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Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel2018
Summary: A mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo... more »- place hold (0)
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More than you'll ever know : a novel2022
Summary: In 1985, Dolores "Lore" Rivera marries Andres Russo in Mexico City, even though she is already married to Fabian Rivera in Laredo, Texas, and they share twin sons. Through her career as an... more »- place hold (0)
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The Spanish daughter2022
Summary: Puri inherited her passion for chocolate from her father. At his death she learns she's inherited a cocoa estate in Vinces, Ecuador. Eager to claim her birthright and filled with hope for a new life... more »- place hold (0)
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The air you breathe2018
Summary: An orphan, Dores is working in the kitchen of a sugar plantation in 1930s Brazil when she meets Graça, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy sugar baron. Born to wildly different worlds, the girls... more »- place hold (0)
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The discreet hero2015
Summary: "The Discreet Hero, follows two fascinating characters whose lives are destined to intersect: neat, endearing Felícito Yanaque, a small businessman in Piura, Peru, who finds himself the victim of... more »- place hold (0)
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On a night of a thousand stars2022
Summary: New York, 1998. Santiago Larrea, a wealthy Argentine diplomat, is holding court alongside his wife, Lila, and their daughter, Paloma, a college student and budding jewelry designer, at their annual... more »- place hold (0)
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Mexican gothic2020
Summary: After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemi Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She's... more »- place hold (0)
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Of women and salt2021
Summary: In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her reticent mother and makes the snap... more »- place hold (0)
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Palmares2021
Summary: The epic rendering of a Black woman's journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil. This story recounts the journey of Almeyda, a Black slave girl who comes of age on... more »- place hold (0)
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