BEST
BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times * Real Simple * Library Journal *
Harper's Bazaar A BEST BOOK OF SEPTEMBER: PopSugar * Barnes & Noble *
Bustle * CNN * E! News * Ms. Magazine * Nylon * GMA (and more!) "This
story beautifully weaves together the theme of family and uses weather
as a metaphor to peel back the curtain on the layered lives of three
sisters and their parents." -- Reese Witherspoon "Enchanting." -- Oprah
Quarterly "Warm, witty, and funny, this novel makes the perfect,
curl-up-on-the-couch long weekend read." --Amazon Book Review (Editors'
Pick) "A heartfelt, laugh-out-loud novel about the highs and lows of
family life." --Real Simple "A warmhearted domestic drama with political
undercurrents makes for fun reading." -- Kirkus "Absorbing, moving,
comic and tragic, L.A. Weather will capture readers and never let them
go." -- Shelf Awareness "A year in the life of a Mexican Jewish family
whose problems include a near-drowning, a drought and drama galore as
the marriages of the parents and all three daughters go off the rails."
-- People "Escandon folds weighty issues--immigration, climate change,
gentrification--into a lively, slyly humorous family story." -- Library
Journal "María Amparo Escandon captures brilliantly the sights, sounds,
and scents of the metropolis--each enclave with its own language, music,
foods, and customs." --Washington Independent Review of Books "María
Amparo Escandon is bold. Who dares to write about the weather in Los
Angeles? Unlike the warm and benign climate cliche that can so easily be
ignored, the complicated richness that makes up the Alvarado family can
be appreciated from the first paragraph." -- Laura Esquivel, author of
Like Water for Chocolate "A phenomenal story about the Mexican-American
experience in L.A: fun, quirky, heart-wrenching, very human and full of
soul. Read it and realize how much we all share (beyond the weather).
María Amparo Escandon is a superb and unique observer." -- Jorge Ramos ,
award-winning journalist and author of No Borders "Take it from María
Amparo Escandon--it's not always 72 and sunny in Los Angeles. Known for
her sly humor, she brings us a surprising story about family life in one
of America's most complex cities." -- Reyna Grande, author of Across A
Hundred Mountains "There is no other voice as quick-witted and sharp as
María Amparo Escandon's. In L.A. Weather she displays yet again her
talent for creating engaging characters who leap off the page and linger
like old friends or cherished relatives. As the Alvarados face shifts
of tectonic proportions, Escandon confronts how families test our
understanding of not just ourselves, but of the very world around us."
-- Alex Espinoza , author of Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical
Pastime and Still Water Saints "Messy lives of women, well told. What
could be better?" -- Rodrigo García , writer and director of Nine Lives
and Mother and Child, Named a Best Book of the Year: New York Times *
She Reads * Real Simple * Library Journal * Harper's Bazaar A BEST BOOK
OF SEPTEMBER ( Alta, PopSugar, Bustle, CNN, E! News, Ms. Magazine,
Nylon, GMA, and more!) "This story beautifully weaves together the theme
of family and uses weather as a metaphor to peel back the curtain on
the layered lives of three sisters and their parents." -- Reese
Witherspoon "Enchanting." -- Oprah Quarterly "María Amparo Escandon is
bold. Who dares to write about the weather in Los Angeles? Unlike the
warm and benign climate cliche that can so easily be ignored, the
complicated richness that makes up the Alvarado family can be
appreciated from the first paragraph." -- Laura Esquivel, author of Like
Water for Chocolate "A phenomenal story about the Mexican-American
experience in L.A: fun, quirky, heart-wrenching, very human and full of
soul. Read it and realize how much we all share (beyond the weather).
María Amparo Escandon is a superb and unique observer." -- Jorge Ramos ,
award-winning journalist and author of No Borders "Take it from María
Amparo Escandon--it's not always 72 and sunny in Los Angeles. Known for
her sly humor, she brings us a surprising story about family life in one
of America's most complex cities." -- Reyna Grande , author of Across A
Hundred Mountains "There is no other voice as quick-witted and sharp as
María Amparo Escandon's. In L.A. Weather she displays yet again her
talent for creating engaging characters who leap off the page and linger
like old friends or cherished relatives. As the Alvarados face shifts
of tectonic proportions, Escandon confronts how families test our
understanding of not just ourselves, but of the very world around us."
-- Alex Espinoza , author of Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical
Pastime and Still Water Saints "Messy lives of women, well told. What
could be better?" -- Rodrigo García, writer and director of Nine Lives
and Mother and Child "A warmhearted domestic drama with political
undercurrents makes for fun reading." -- Kirkus Review "Absorbing,
moving, comic and tragic, L.A. Weather will capture readers and never
let them go." -- Shelf Awareness "A year in the life of a Mexican Jewish
family whose problems include a near-drowning, a drought and drama
galore as the marriages of the parents and all three daughters go off
the rails." -- People, Named a Best Book of the Year: New York Times *
She Reads * Real Simple * Library Journal * Harper's Bazaar A BEST BOOK
OF SEPTEMBER ( Alta, PopSugar, Bustle, CNN, E! News, Ms. Magazine,
Nylon, GMA, and more!) "This story beautifully weaves together the theme
of family and uses weather as a metaphor to peel back the curtain on
the layered lives of three sisters and their parents." -- Reese
Witherspoon "Enchanting." -- Oprah Quarterly "María Amparo Escandon is
bold. Who dares to write about the weather in Los Angeles? Unlike the
warm and benign climate cliche that can so easily be ignored, the
complicated richness that makes up the Alvarado family can be
appreciated from the first paragraph." -- Laura Esquivel, author of Like
Water for Chocolate "A phenomenal story about the Mexican-American
experience in L.A: fun, quirky, heart-wrenching, very human and full of
soul. Read it and realize how much we all share (beyond the weather).
María Amparo Escandon is a superb and unique observer." -- Jorge Ramos ,
award-winning journalist and author of No Borders "Take it from María
Amparo Escandon--it's not always 72 and sunny in Los Angeles. Known for
her sly humor, she brings us a surprising story about family life in one
of America's most complex cities." -- Reyna Grande , author of Across A
Hundred Mountains "There is no other voice as quick-witted and sharp as
María Amparo Escandon's. In L.A. Weather she displays yet again her
talent for creating engaging characters who leap off the page and linger
like old friends or cherished relatives. As the Alvarados face shifts
of tectonic proportions, Escandon confronts how families test our
understanding of not just ourselves, but of the very world around us."
-- Alex Espinoza , author of Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical
Pastime and Still Water Saints "Messy lives of women, well told. What
could be better?" -- Rodrigo García, writer and director of Nine Lives
and Mother and Child "A warmhearted domestic drama with political
undercurrents makes for fun reading." -- Kirkus Review "Absorbing,
moving, comic and tragic, L.A. Weather will capture readers and never
let them go." -- Shelf Awareness "A year in the life of a Mexican Jewish
family whose problems include a near-drowning, a drought and drama
galore as the marriages of the parents and all three daughters go off
the rails." -- People "Escandon folds weighty issues--immigration,
climate change, gentrification--into a lively, slyly humorous family
story." -- Library Journal, Named one of Harper's Bazaar BEST BOOKS OF
2021 A BEST BOOK OF SEPTEMBER ( Alta, PopSugar, Bustle, CNN, E! News,
Ms. Magazine, Nylon, GMA, and more!) "This story beautifully weaves
together the theme of family and uses weather as a metaphor to peel back
the curtain on the layered lives of three sisters and their parents."
-- Reese Witherspoon "Enchanting." -- Oprah Quarterly "María Amparo
Escandon is bold. Who dares to write about the weather in Los Angeles?
Unlike the warm and benign climate cliche that can so easily be ignored,
the complicated richness that makes up the Alvarado family can be
appreciated from the first paragraph." -- Laura Esquivel, author of Like
Water for Chocolate "A phenomenal story about the Mexican-American
experience in L.A: fun, quirky, heart-wrenching, very human and full of
soul. Read it and realize how much we all share (beyond the weather).
María Amparo Escandon is a superb and unique observer." -- Jorge Ramos ,
award-winning journalist and author of No Borders "Take it from María
Amparo Escandon--it's not always 72 and sunny in Los Angeles. Known for
her sly humor, she brings us a surprising story about family life in one
of America's most complex cities." -- Reyna Grande , author of Across A
Hundred Mountains "There is no other voice as quick-witted and sharp as
María Amparo Escandon's. In L.A. Weather she displays yet again her
talent for creating engaging characters who leap off the page and linger
like old friends or cherished relatives. As the Alvarados face shifts
of tectonic proportions, Escandon confronts how families test our
understanding of not just ourselves, but of the very world around us."
-- Alex Espinoza , author of Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical
Pastime and Still Water Saints "Messy lives of women, well told. What
could be better?" -- Rodrigo García, writer and director of Nine Lives
and Mother and Child "A warmhearted domestic drama with political
undercurrents makes for fun reading." -- Kirkus Review "Absorbing,
moving, comic and tragic, L.A. Weather will capture readers and never
let them go." -- Shelf Awareness "A year in the life of a Mexican Jewish
family whose problems include a near-drowning, a drought and drama
galore as the marriages of the parents and all three daughters go off
the rails." -- People, BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times * She Reads
* Real Simple * Library Journal * Harper's Bazaar A BEST BOOK OF
SEPTEMBER: Alta * PopSugar * Bustle * CNN * E! News * Ms. Magazine *
Nylon * GMA (and more!) "This story beautifully weaves together the
theme of family and uses weather as a metaphor to peel back the curtain
on the layered lives of three sisters and their parents." -- Reese
Witherspoon "Enchanting." -- Oprah Quarterly "Warm, witty, and funny,
this novel makes the perfect, curl-up-on-the-couch long weekend read."
--Amazon Book Review (Editors' Pick) "A heartfelt, laugh-out-loud novel
about the highs and lows of family life." --Real Simple "A warmhearted
domestic drama with political undercurrents makes for fun reading." --
Kirkus "Absorbing, moving, comic and tragic, L.A. Weather will capture
readers and never let them go." -- Shelf Awareness "A year in the life
of a Mexican Jewish family whose problems include a near-drowning, a
drought and drama galore as the marriages of the parents and all three
daughters go off the rails." -- People "Escandon folds weighty
issues--immigration, climate change, gentrification--into a lively,
slyly humorous family story." -- Library Journal "María Amparo Escandon
captures brilliantly the sights, sounds, and scents of the
metropolis--each enclave with its own language, music, foods, and
customs." --Washington Independent Review of Books "María Amparo
Escandon is bold. Who dares to write about the weather in Los Angeles?
Unlike the warm and benign climate cliche that can so easily be ignored,
the complicated richness that makes up the Alvarado family can be
appreciated from the first paragraph." -- Laura Esquivel, author of Like
Water for Chocolate "A phenomenal story about the Mexican-American
experience in L.A: fun, quirky, heart-wrenching, very human and full of
soul. Read it and realize how much we all share (beyond the weather).
María Amparo Escandon is a superb and unique observer." -- Jorge Ramos ,
award-winning journalist and author of No Borders "Take it from María
Amparo Escandon--it's not always 72 and sunny in Los Angeles. Known for
her sly humor, she brings us a surprising story about family life in one
of America's most complex cities." -- Reyna Grande, author of Across A
Hundred Mountains "There is no other voice as quick-witted and sharp as
María Amparo Escandon's. In L.A. Weather she displays yet again her
talent for creating engaging characters who leap off the page and linger
like old friends or cherished relatives. As the Alvarados face shifts
of tectonic proportions, Escandon confronts how families test our
understanding of not just ourselves, but of the very world around us."
-- Alex Espinoza , author of Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical
Pastime and Still Water Saints "Messy lives of women, well told. What
could be better?" -- Rodrigo García , writer and director of Nine Lives
and Mother and Child