Las Mamis: Escritores Latinos Recuerdan a Sus Madres = Mothers

Jacket Description/Flap: Una maravillosa antologia nueva--las escritoras y los escritores latinos mas admirados comparten recuerdos de sus madres. Las mujeres amorosamente retratadas en las "Las Mamis representan la diversidad de la vida y cultura latinas. Provienen de las familias ricas de las grandes ciudades de Latinoamerica, de familias campesinas emigrantes y tambien de la variedad de mundos intermedios. Ademas, comparten todas una extraordinaria fuerza interior, frecuentemente retada por la adversidad. Presionadas por circunstancias y expectativas culturales conflictivas, lograron enfrentar los retos de la maternidad y dejar para sus hijos e hijas un legado perdurable. Y ahora, en estos vividos, conmovedores y, en ocasiones, divertidisimos recuerdos, todos imbuidos de un claro sabor latino, "Las Mamis celebra la universalidad del amor de familia y el vinculo especial entre madres e hijos. Colaboradores: Marjorie AgosinAlba AmbertLiz BalmasedaMandalit del BarcoGioconda BelliJunot DiazMaria Amparo EscandinDagoberto GilbFrancisco GoldmanJaime ManriqueGustavo Perez-FirmatEsmeralda SantiagoIlan StavansPiri ThomasBiographical Note: Esmeralda Santiago is the author of the memoirs When I Was Puerto Rican and Almost a Woman, and of the novel America's Dream. She lives in Westchester County, New York. Joie Davidow founded "L. A. Style, L. A. Weekly," and "Si," a national Latino lifestyle publication. The author of Infusions of Healing: A Treasury of Mexican-American Herbal Remedies, she lives in Los Angeles. "From the Hardcover edition."Publisher Marketing: In a marvelous new anthology from the editors of Las Christmas, some of the most admired Latino authors share memories of their mothers. Las Mamis brings to life 14 remarkable women in sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious stories about the ups and downs of families from Kansas to Colombia and Boston to Mexico City.

Contributor Bio:  Santiago, Esmeralda Esmeralda Santiago has written for such publications as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Christian Science Monitor. Born in Puerto Rico, she is a graduate of Harvard University and lives in Katonah, NY. When I Was Puerto Rican. America's Dream is her first novel. Contributor Bio:  Davidow, Joie Joie Davidow, an award-winning journalist, was a founder of the "L. A. Weekly, L. A. Style" magazine and "Si, " a national Latino lifestyle publication, and is coeditor with Esmeralda Santiago of two anthologies, "Las Christmas: Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories" and "Las Mamis: Favorite Latino Authors Remember Their Mothers." She lives in Los Angeles, California.