The Book Show - Esmeralda Santiago - Las Madres

September 26, 2023 00:27:26
The Book Show - Esmeralda Santiago - Las Madres
The Book Show
The Book Show - Esmeralda Santiago - Las Madres

Sep 26 2023 | 00:27:26

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Show Notes

Esmeralda Santiago is the award-winning, best-selling author of “When I Was Puerto Rican.” Her latest, “Las Madres,” is a powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together.

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