About One Book\, One County
\nOne Book\, One County \;is a community reading program for Summer 2024 that celebrates collaboration\, education\, and conversation a cross our county and emphasizes the power of connected libraries to create connected communities. This program is unique because instead of one book for one library system\, all 9.8 million County residents are invited to read one book together\, with supportive programming provided by a network of partnered Los Angeles County library jurisdictions. Learn more about t his initiative at LACountyLibrary.org/onebook. \;
\nAbout L.A. Weather \;by Marí\;a Amparo Escand
ó\;n
The 2024 selection for \;One Book\, One Count
y \;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 Alvarado family during a yea
r in Los Angeles &ldquo\;as they wrestle with impending evacuations\, secr
ets\, deception\, and betrayal\, and their toughest decision yet: whether
to stick together or burn it all down.&rdquo\;
Marí\;a Ampar o Escandó\;n is a New York Times best-selling bilingual author (Engl ish/Spanish). Her novel\, \;L.A. Weather\, is a Reese&rsquo\;s Book Cl ub pick and the winner of the Fiction Award at the International Latino Bo ok Awards\, 2022. 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 i s read in over 86 countries. Her second novel is \;Gonzá\;lez &a mp\; Daughter Trucking Co. \;(Transportes Gonzá\;lez e Hija\, S. A. in Spanish.) Marí\;a has been an L.A. resident for forty years.\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/10946388 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/10946388 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/lacountylibrary/OBOC_1200x 1200_72_DPI.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR