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Title: The Piñata-Maker’s Daughter
Series: The Marisol Trilogy
Author: Eileen Clemens
Granfors
Publisher: Self-published (CreateSpace)
Reading Level: YA/New Adult
Genre: Women’s Lit
Contemporary Fiction
Hispanic trilogy
Content rating: PG-13
Formats: paperback and ebook
Pages: 270 pages
Buy link: Amazon.com
Blurb provided by author
Scholarly Carmen Principia jumps into college
unprepared socially. First, there's her weird roommate. And then the men!
Radical protester, Franco, who shares her Hispanic heritage, or frat rat Joe,
who makes her laugh? Follow her adventures, some hilarious, some heartbreaking.
Excerpt
“Thank you, Joe,” I say. “See you around
campus.”
“Maybe.
Twelve thousand people, sometimes it’s hard to find who you’re looking for.
What dorm are you in?”
“Ortega.”
“Ortega.”
“Good
one, closer to campus.”
“Yeah,
that’s what I thought. Are you in the dorms?”
“Not
this year, I pledged Kappa. The house is right across the street. Come on over
and ask for me when you get settled. I’ll buy you a sundae at Al’s.”
“Al’s?”
It sounds like a dive bar.
“Al’s
Place at the student union. Everybody hangs there. Gotta go if you ladies are
okay. We have some frat business this afternoon.” As he leaves, he sees the
bumper sticker. “Hey, the La Raza people hang out on Crusader
Commons. Viva La Raza?” he says as if it’s a question, pronouncingRaza with
a long A. He waves, guns the Miata, and disappears into traffic.
I
look at Mama, Mama looks at me, we both shrug, and then we laugh. We wrap her
arm in strips of tee-shirt. I hug Mama. I’m so relieved it’s going to be okay.
Twelve thousand students at WPC, and now I know one.
“Don’t
be ashamed of your hometown, Carmenita,” says Mama.
“Why
would you say that?” I ask, as if I am shocked. “Wow, Laguna Beach,
this Joe guy must be rich.”
“You’re
going to meet a lot of rich people in college. Rich doesn’t make them better.”
“Sure.”
I can picture the looks of people the first time I answer, “So what does your
mom do?” and I tell them, “Oh, she makes piñatas.” As if piñata-making is
perfectly normal in their world. I remind myself to say she’s an artisan. Yeah,
artisan sounds totally righteous.
Come back Monday, August 26, to see the trailer
for this book and its sequel.
Author Bio
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Eileen Granfors lives in
Santa Clarita, California. Though born in New Orleans, Eileen grew up in her
mother's hometown, Imperial Beach, California, the most southwesterly city in
the U.S. Her mother’s love of Mexico and beaches influenced Eileen's strong
ties with her Hispanic neighbors. When Eileen was a child, she and her brother
could walk to Mexico down the beach, after crossing the Tijuana River mouth.
Today, an iron fence extends out into the breakers at the border. Eileen is a
proud UCLA alumna. She began writing after retiring from teaching high
school literature and composition for thirty-four years. She enrolled in UCLA’s
Extension Writers’ Program on the first day of her retirement.
Author links:
Blog: Word Joy New book reviews of others’
books and tabs, trailers for my books
Twitter: @EileenGranfors
Email: eggranfors@gmail.com
