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
Escandó\;n
The 2024 selection for \;One Book\, On
e County \;is \;L.A. Weather \;by Marí\;a Amparo Escand&
oacute\;n. \;Published in 2022\, \;L.A. Weather \;is a New Yor
k Times bestseller that follows the Mexican-American Alvarado family durin
g a year in Los Angeles &ldquo\;as they wrestle with impending evacuations
\, secrets\, deception\, and betrayal\, and their toughest decision yet: w
hether to stick together or burn it all down.&rdquo\;
Marí\; a Amparo Escandó\;n is a New York Times best-selling bilingual autho r (English/Spanish). Her novel\, \;L.A. Weather\, is a Reese&rsquo\;s Book Club pick and the winner of the Fiction Award at the International La tino Book Awards\, 2022. Her first novel \;Esperanza&rsquo\;s Box of S aints\, (Santitos \;in Spanish) \;has been the number one best sel ler in the Los Angeles Times Best Sellers List\, it has 21 foreign edition s and is read in over 86 countries. Her second novel is \;Gonzá\ ;lez &\; Daughter Trucking Co. \;(Transportes Gonzá\;lez e Hi ja\, S.A. in Spanish.) Marí\;a has been an L.A. resident for forty y ears.
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