Count on Me: Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781451642018)

Beloved bestselling Latino authors, including Esmeralda Santiago, Carolina De Robertis, and Luis Alberto Urrea share moving personal stories of the many ways that sisterly bonds have powerfully impacted their lives.

Friendships can bring us peace, fill the emotional shortcomings in our romantic relationships, and help us remember what lies deep inside every one of us. For more than twelve years, the international organization Las Comadres Para Las Americas(TM) has been bringing together thousands of Latinas to count on, lean on, help, and advise one another. Comadre is a powerful term. It encompasses the most important relationships that exist between women: best friends, confidants, coworkers, advisers, neighbors, godmothers to one's children, and even midwives.

Edited by acclaimed author and editor Adriana V. L pez, this collection of stories features twelve prominent Latino authors who reveal how friendships have helped them to overcome difficult moments in their lives. Fabiola Santiago, Luis Alberto Urrea, Reyna Grande, and Teresa Rodr guez tell their stories of survival in the United States and in Latin America, where success would have been impossible without a friend's support. Esmeralda Santiago, Lorraine L pez, Carolina De Robertis, Daisy Mart nez, and Dr. Ana Nogales explore what it means to have a comadre help you through years of struggle and self-discovery. And authors Sofia Quintero, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, and Michelle Herrera Mulligan look at the powerful impact of the humor and humanity that their comadres brought to each one's life, even in the darkest moments.

Author: Las Comadres Para Las Americas
ISBN-10: 1451642016
ISBN-13: 9781451642018
Publisher: Atria Books
Language: English
Published: 09/04/2012
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.41h x 5.56w x 1.19d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/02/2012 pg. 59
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2012