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Count on Me Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships

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ISBN-10: 1451642016

ISBN-13: 9781451642018

Edition: 2012

Authors: Las Comadres Para Las Americas, Adriana V. Lopez

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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. What would you do, where would you be, without your comadre?     In Spanish, comadre is a powerful term. It encompasses many of the most complex and important relationships that exist between women: best friends, confidants, advisors, neighbors, and godmothers to each other’s children. For over a decade, Nora Comstock, President and CEO of the international organization Las Comadres Para Las Americas has been bringing Latina women together to support each other in the U.S. and…    
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Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Atria Books
Publication date: 9/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Adriana Lopez was the founding editor of Criticas magazine, Publishers Weekly's Spanish-language sister publication. Lopez's work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post, among other publications. A member of the PEN American Center, she lives in New York City.

Introduction
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Road Sisters
Crocodiles and Plovers
Letters from Cuba
Casa Amiga: In Memory of Esther Ch�vez Cano
The Miranda Manual
My Teacher, My Friend
Cooking Lessons
Anarchy Chicks
A Heart-to-Heart Connection
Compadres
Acknowledgments
Contributors
The History of Las Comadres Para Las Americas
Daisy Martinez's Recipes from "Cooking Lessons"