BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:LA County Library X-WR-CALNAME:LA County Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ae919dd0-65c0-40e2-9313-686f53dd024e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260820T133910Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240604T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240604T190000 SUMMARY:One Book\, One County Book Club - L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón LOCATION:Bell Gardens Library\nBell Gardens Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bell Gardens Library;X-APP LE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Bell Gardens Library:geo:33.9666623,-118.1505311 GEO:33.9666623;-118.1505311 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special One Book\, One County edition of book cl ub as we discuss L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón. Copies of this title are available at the Information Desk. For adults..\nhttps: //lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/10818076 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

One Book\, One County \;is a community reading program for Summer 2024 that celebrates collaboration\, education \, and conversation across our county and emphasizes the power of connecte d libraries to create connected communities. This program is unique becaus e instead of one book for one library system\, all 9.8 million County resi dents are invited to read one book together\, with supportive programming provided by a network of partnered Los Angeles County library jurisdiction s. Learn more about this initiative at LACountyLibrary.org/onebook. \;

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About L.A. Weather \;by Mar&ia cute\;a Amparo Escandó\;n
The 2024 selection for \ ;One Book\, One County \;is \;L.A. Weather \;by Marí\;a Amparo Escandó\;n. \;Published in 2022\, \;L.A. Weather  \;is a New York Times bestseller that follows the Mexican-American Alvarad o family during a year in Los Angeles &ldquo\;as they wrestle with impendi ng evacuations\, secrets\, deception\, and betrayal\, and their toughest d ecision yet: whether to stick together or burn it all down.&rdquo\;

\n< p>Marí\;a Amparo Escandó\;n is a New York Times best-selling b ilingual author (English/Spanish). Her novel\, \;L.A. Weather\, is a R eese&rsquo\;s Book Club pick and the winner of the Fiction Award at the In ternational Latino Book Awards\, 2022. Her first novel \;Esperanza&rsq uo\;s Box of Saints\, (Santitos \;in Spanish) \;has been the numbe r one best seller in the Los Angeles Times Best Sellers List\, it has 21 f oreign editions and is read in over 86 countries. Her second novel is  \;Gonzá\;lez &\; Daughter Trucking Co. \;(Transportes Gonz&aa cute\;lez e Hija\, S.A. in Spanish.) Marí\;a has been an L.A. reside nt for forty years.

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