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\;s inaccurate. Few people conside r our five seasons to be different from one another\, but they are. You kn ow this. I know this because we&rsquo\;ve lived here all our lives. Ah\, b ut go ahead and tell this to someone back east. Our winter rainy season ov erlaps with our sunny and mild spring\, then with our jacaranda season\, o ur 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 se ason\, but that&rsquo\;s not climate-related unless Oscars&rsquo\; red car pet gets rained on. And then\, what about the drought\, the winds\, the ma rine layer\, the brushfires\, the gigafires\, the mud-slides\, the landsli des\, 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 cele
brates collaboration\, education\, and conversation across our county and
emphasizes the power of connected libraries to create connected communitie
s. This program is unique because instead of one book for one library syst
em\, all 9.8 million County residents are invited to read one book togethe
r\, with supportive programming provided by a network of partnered Los Ang
eles County library jurisdictions. Learn more about this initiative at
The 2024 selection for \;One Book\, One County \;is&nbs
p\;L.A. Weather \;by Marí\;a Amparo Escandó\;n. \;Publ
ished in 2022\, \;L.A. Weather \;is a New York Times bestseller th
at follows the Mexican-American Alvarado family during a year in Los Angel
es &ldquo\;as they wrestle with impending evacuations\, secrets\, deceptio
n\, and betrayal\, and their toughest decision yet: whether to stick toget
her or burn it all down.&rdquo\;
Marí\;a Amparo Escand&oacut e\;n is a New York Times best-selling bilingual author (English/Spanish). Her novel\, \;L.A. Weather\, is a Reese&rsquo\;s Book Club pick and th e winner of the Fiction Award at the International Latino Book Awards\, 20 22. Her first novel \;Esperanza&rsquo\;s Box of Saints\, (Santitos&nbs p\;in Spanish) \;has been the number one best seller in the Los Angele s Times Best Sellers List\, it has 21 foreign editions and is read in over 86 countries. Her second novel is \;Gonzá\;lez &\; Daughter Trucking Co. \;(Transportes Gonzá\;lez e Hija\, S.A. in Spanish. ) Marí\;a has been an L.A. resident for forty years.
\nAttenda nce is limited and advance registration is required. To sign up\, see libr ary staff\, or register online at \;Visit.LACountyLibrary.org/ Events \;and filter by location or event date.
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