Reading with Las Comadres
December 2012 Book Club Selection
Better With You Here
by Gwendolyn Zepeda
Grand Central Publishing 
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 About the book
Better With You Here
Single mom Natasha Dávila has done a good job holding things together. Her divorce didn't leave her with much, but she has her kids and they are her world. Only now, she's facing a problem she never predicted: Her ex-husband is re-marrying, expecting a new baby and worst of all—suing Natasha for full custody of their two children.
Desperate to save her family, she turns to her neighbors—fellow single moms facing their own drama. Sharing their laughter and their tears, these near strangers help Natasha find a strength she never knew she had. And when her exhusband ups the ante and exposes some disturbing news about Natasha's new friends, she'll need that strength more than ever |
About the Author
Gwendolyn Zepeda
Gwendolyn Zepeda was born in Houston, Texas in 1971 and attended the University of Texas at Austin. She was the first Latina blogger and began her writing career on the Web in 1997 as one of the founding writers of entertainment site, Television Without Pity. Her first book was a short-story collection called To the Last Man I Slept with and All the Jerks Just Like Him (Arte Público Press, 2004).
Her first novel, Houston, We Have a Problema, won praise from Publishers Weekly and Booklist for its wit and upbeat story. Booklist calls Zepeda’s second novel, Lone Star Legend, “fresh and smart.” Publishers Weekly says it presents “a funny and smart heroine that readers will easily pull for.”
Zepeda has also written two award-winning bilingual picture books, Growing Up with Tamales and Sunflowers. Zepeda regularly lectures at universities throughout Texas. |
