L.A. Weather, Maria Amparo Escandon
L.A. Weather, Maria Amparo Escandon
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L.A. Weather
A Novel

Author: María Amparo Escandón

Narrator: Frankie Corzo

Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/07/2021


Synopsis

A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick

"Narrator Frankie Corzo's lovely smooth voice eloquently depicts the mostly female characters in this novel . . . This audiobook enthralls the listener." - AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winning review

“There’s a 100% chance you’ll be paging through this book to uncover the secrets and deception that could potentially burn everything down!” — Reese Witherspoon

“This is by far one of the most endearing L.A. novels in recent memory.”— Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"A capacious book, chock-full of human drama...Escandón’s narrative voice is often witty and warm, and her meditations on Los Angeles are lush and lyrical...A lively and ambitious family novel." — New York Times Book Review

Storm clouds are on the horizon in L.A. Weather, a fun, fast-paced novel of a Mexican-American family from the author of the #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller Esperanza’s Box of Saints

L.A. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants is a little rain. He’s harboring a costly secret that distracts him from everything else. His wife, Keila, desperate for a life with a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage. Their three daughters—Claudia, a television chef with a hard-hearted attitude; Olivia, a successful architect who suffers from gentrification guilt; and Patricia, a social media wizard who has an uncanny knack for connecting with audiences but not with her lovers—are blindsided and left questioning everything they know. Each will have to take a critical look at her own relationships and make some tough decisions along the way.

With quick wit and humor, Maria Amparo Escandón follows the Alvarado family as they wrestle with impending evacuations, secrets, deception, and betrayal, and their toughest decision yet: whether to stick together or burn it all down.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

About María Amparo Escandón

María Amparo Escandón is the author of #1 L.A. Times bestseller Esperanza’s Box of Saints and González & Daughter Trucking Co. Named a writer to watch by both Newsweek and the L.A. Times, she was born in Mexico City and has lived in Los Angeles for nearly four decades.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 26, 2023

This is one crazy soap opera story! Author Maria Amparo Escandon writes an ambitious tale of the Alvarado family. In one year, the family endured: a brain tumor, infidelity, a gender-fluid teen, kleptomania, artificial insemination, divorce, subterfuge, hidden businesses, raw sex, near drowning, rap......more

Goodreads review by Lindsey on September 13, 2021

I really, really hate rating a book 2 stars. I tried so hard to find some redeeming qualities in this book to push my rating up. There was one - the opening of this book really grabs you. It's every parents worst nightmare. And I just knew from there this was going to be a book I couldn't put down.......more

Goodreads review by Marilyn (not getting notifications) on October 09, 2021

DNF. I listened to over half (6.5 hours) of L.A. Weather by Maria Amparo Escandon and must give up. This book was not for me. I was hoping it would get better but my patience was wearing thin. I just was not enjoying this book.......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on July 05, 2023

Didn’t love it- didn’t hate it. 🤷🏼‍♀️ If I’m being honest, I just kinda didn’t care about any of the characters. 🫣 It wasn’t terrible, but I honestly wouldn’t make it a priority read- there’s just so many other great books out there!! 🤗......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on June 26, 2024

2.5 stars Read for One Book One County. It wasn't my favorite book, contemporary adult fiction is not a genre I typically choose to read. I did like that this book was a look at a family and wasn't stereotypical or negative depictions of a Hispanic family like we tend to see in fiction. It was fun t......more