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Marcela D Aviles Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Marcela Davison Avilés is a writer and journalist. Writer/producer/journalist (NPR, Journal of Alta Ca., Mercury News, SF Chron, CNN, BELatina) LA Press Club Honors, Hollywood culture whisperer

4 books
Book Cover for: There There, Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange
Marcela D AvilesMarcela D Aviles

“Orange writes in the book’s interlude: “All these stories that we haven’t been telling all this time, that we haven’t been listening to, are just part of what we need to heal.” https://www.altaonline.com/california-book-club/a7571/tommy-orange-there-there-storytelling/

Paperback, 2019

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: My Name Is Emilia del Valle, Isabel Allende

My Name Is Emilia del Valle

Isabel Allende
Marcela D AvilesMarcela D Aviles

A deeply researched historical adventure, excavating both romantic and journalistic exploits with verve and passion. But it is the story’s prescient alignment with our current cultural and civic upheaval that lands like a mortar from Allende’s epic depiction of the Battle of Concón

Hardcover, 2025

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Inheritors, Asako Serizawa

Inheritors

Asako Serizawa
Marcela D AvilesMarcela D Aviles

My latest book review for @NPR: @a_serizawa ‘s 'Inheritors' is a stunning and remarkable debut. Our current cultural moment is presciently mapped in these stories. We can all learn from the choices made by these inheritors. https://t.co/fcdu8V8iFB

Paperback, 2021

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Wind Knows My Name, Isabel Allende

The Wind Knows My Name

Isabel Allende
Marcela D AvilesMarcela D Aviles

When I learned Isabel Allende's new book… is set in my hometown… I put it on the top of my reading list. Allende's artistry shapes a lyrical romanticism around social political history and global turmoil. I'm eager to find what she discovers in our borderlands.

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