Join NCW Libraries for a virtual conversation with bestselling author Erika L. Sánchez on Oct. 10 from 6-7 p.m. Spanish translation will be available for this program.
In a virtual program, Sánchez will talk about her book I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, soon to be adapted into an Amazon film directed by America Ferrera. The novel was a National Book Award finalist and reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Time magazine recognized it as one of the best young adult novels of all time.
Copies of the book are available to borrow on the honor system at all 30 NCW Libraries branches. A library card is not required to borrow one. Or you can reserve a copy of the book with your library card and pick it up at your community library or receive it through our Mail Order Library.
In the novel, Julia is left to pick up the pieces of her family after her sister Olga dies in a tragic accident. But Julia has never been the perfect Mexican daughter. As Julia struggles to find her place in the world, she discovers Olga was not as perfect as everyone thought. Who was her sister really? And how can Julia even attempt to live up to an impossible ideal?
Sánchez is a Mexican American poet, novelist and essayist who lives in Chicago.
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