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Natalia’s 2024 Year in Books
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Breathe and Count Back from Ten
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2022
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Chasing the Sun
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2014
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Everyone Knows You Go Home
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2018
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14 editions
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Running
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2020
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A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home
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AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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A Measure of Belonging: Writers of Color on the New American South
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A Maleta Full of Treasures
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RUNNING is out now!
Friends! THANK YOU all for celebrating the release of RUNNING with me!!
It's been a wild & wonderful time & I'm overjoyed by the support.
For those who are new here (hello!) -
RUNNING is about:
🇨🇺 a Cuban American teen whose dad runs for Prez
🥰 No romance, but explores friend & familial ❤️
🏠 Housing & environmental justice
👉🏼 Privilege & power in Latinx communities
🗣 Young activists
🦆 Miami: more ducks & Read more of this blog post »
It's been a wild & wonderful time & I'm overjoyed by the support.
For those who are new here (hello!) -
RUNNING is about:
🇨🇺 a Cuban American teen whose dad runs for Prez
🥰 No romance, but explores friend & familial ❤️
🏠 Housing & environmental justice
👉🏼 Privilege & power in Latinx communities
🗣 Young activists
🦆 Miami: more ducks & Read more of this blog post »
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I used to hide my scars & now they're on my book cover. I'm so happy. BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN is now available where ever books are sold. It's the story of Vero, a Peruvian American teen with hip dysplasia who auditions to become a mermaid at ...more |
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"What a life this woman has had. And she is a hell of a writer. I hope she has more books in her. And I hope she has found a little bit of peace. "
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“People will feel for you what they think you feel for yourself. It’s that simple.”
― Chasing the Sun
― Chasing the Sun
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TFW you realize your next novel is now listed on Goodreads!!! EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GO HOME will be out March 13, 2018—it's a multi-generational story about a family that immigrates from Mexico to Texas, and is visited by the spirit of the family's estranged patriarch every year on el Día de Los Muertos.
So excited to share this book with you! You can read a full description (and add it to your shelves to stay tuned for updates...like the cover reveal!) at the link:
Everyone Knows You Go Home
If you'll be in the Houston area this weekend, I'd love to see you at my next event for CHASING THE SUN! I'll be at Blue Willow Bookshop Saturday, August 9 at 4 p.m. reading and signing copies of the book.Details are on my Goodreads profile or you can also see more on FB:
https://www.facebook.com/events/89711...
For book clubs: I just added discussion questions for Chasing the Sun: A Novel to my website: http://www.nataliasylvester.com/contact/Also, if your book club is interested in having me visit via Skype, please do get in touch! I love getting to know readers.
The publishing date for CHASING THE SUN has changed by a couple of weeks: now coming June 3rd, 2014. In the meantime, I hope you'll check it out, add it to your list, or share with friends! Thanks!
And then, there was a cover! So excited to share it:
