The Sunday Tertulia: A Novel“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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... story about female friendships and the trials that life brings to us . . . . [ It ] captures those special feelings that stem from being with and trusting close friends . " -Booklist " A surprise bouquet of provocative lilacs . . .
... story takes its cue from the very finely researched history , Pedro de Valdivia : Conquista- dor de Chile by Ida ( Stevenson ) Weldon Vernon . I am indebted to Ms. Weldon Vernon for all details relating to the particulars of Pedro de ...
... story , I cried , " How could you ? " " But you know what ? " she answered with a tender smile . " She wrote me back , Claire . " And then she waved a white envelope before me . Inside was a handwritten letter in which Ms. Steinem ...
... stories , and I get an earful of advice . There is a lot of teasing . The conversation seems to fall out faster than a clip of castanets . We jump from topic to topic so freely that at times I can't tell who is saying what or why . We ...
... Alferius , Hunna . And on and on . Granted , they have intriguing names and often unbearably harsh life stories , but I can't see how invoking their pres- ence during life's daily trials could really help me . 23 The Sunday Tertulia.