L.A. Weather

By María Amparo Escandón

Book Overview

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - 2022 INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR FICTION

FORECAST: Storm clouds are on the horizon in L.A. Weather, a fun, fast-paced novel of a Mexican American family from the author of the #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller Esperanza's Box of Saints.

"There's a 100% chance you'll be paging through this book to uncover the secrets and deception that could potentially burn everything down "--Reese Witherspoon

"This is by far one of the most endearing L.A. novels in recent memory." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A lively and ambitious family novel."--New York Times Book Review

Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants a little rain. L.A. is parched, dry as a bone, and he's harboring a costly secret that distracts him from everything else. His wife, Keila, desperate for a life with a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage.

Their three daughters--Claudia, a television chef with a hard-hearted attitude; Olivia, a successful architect who suffers from gentrification guilt; and Patricia, a social media wizard who has an uncanny knack for connecting with audiences but not with her lovers--are left questioning everything they know. Each will have to take a critical look at her own relationships and make some tough decisions along the way.

With quick wit and humor, Mar a Amparo Escand n follows the Alvarado family as they wrestle with impending evacuations, secrets, deception, and betrayal, and their toughest decision yet: whether to stick together or burn it all down.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250802563
• ISBN13: 9781250802569
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Flatiron Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"