Paint an L.A. Weather Landscape inspired b y our One Book\, One County book\, L.A. Weather by Marí\;a Amparo Es candó\;n and the following book passage:
\n&ldquo\;It&rsqu o\;s always nice out.&rdquo\;
\n&ldquo\;People around the c ountry tend to think so. East Coast people\, people from the Midwest. They say\, &lsquo\;There&rsquo\;s no weather in L.A. It&rsquo\;s always sevent y-two and sunny\,&rsquo\; but that&rsquo\; inaccurate. Few people consider our five seasons to be different from one another\, but they are. You kno w this. I know this because we&rsquo\;ve lived here all our lives. Ah\, bu t go ahead and tell this to someone back east. Our winter rainy season ove rlaps with our sunny and mild spring\, then with our jacaranda season\, ou r horribly hot late summer\, and the Santa Ana season. That&rsquo\;s five seasons there. Of course\, some people in town would include the award sea son\, but that&rsquo\;s not climate-related unless Oscars&rsquo\; red carp et gets rained on. And then\, what about the drought\, the winds\, the mar ine layer\, the brushfires\, the gigafires\, the mud-slides\, the landslid es\, the flash floods\, the atmospheric rivers&hellip\;&rdquo\; \;
\nAbout One Book\, One County
\nOne Book\,
One County \;is a community reading program for Summer 2024 that celeb
rates collaboration\, education\, and conversation across our county and e
mphasizes the power of connected libraries to create connected communities
. This program is unique because instead of one book for one library syste
m\, all 9.8 million County residents are invited to read one book together
\, with supportive programming provided by a network of partnered Los Ange
les County library jurisdictions. Learn more about this initiative at
The 2024 selection for \;One Book\, One County \;is
\;L.A. Weather \;by Marí\;a Amparo Escandó\;n. \;Publi
shed in 2022\, \;L.A. Weather \;is a New York Times bestseller tha
t follows the Mexican-American Alvarado family during a year in Los Angele
s &ldquo\;as they wrestle with impending evacuations\, secrets\, deception
\, and betrayal\, and their toughest decision yet: whether to stick togeth
er or burn it all down.&rdquo\;
Marí\;a Amparo Escandó \;n is a New York Times best-selling bilingual author (English/Spanish). H er novel\, \;L.A. Weather\, is a Reese&rsquo\;s Book Club pick and the winner of the Fiction Award at the International Latino Book Awards\, 202 2. Her first novel \;Esperanza&rsquo\;s Box of Saints\, (Santitos \;in Spanish) \;has been the number one best seller in the Los Angeles Times Best Sellers List\, it has 21 foreign editions and is read in over 86 countries. Her second novel is \;Gonzá\;lez &\; Daughter T rucking Co. \;(Transportes Gonzá\;lez e Hija\, S.A. in Spanish.) Marí\;a has been an L.A. resident for forty years.
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