And before I could blink and realize what was happening, I was roped into a scheme to rescue cousins I never knew I had out of the deadly clutches of a Mexican drug cartel. And the big, dark secrets she kept closed up in her heart all got ex- posed in those tumultuous months. The know-it-all.īut you see, Grandma was the heart of the matter. Before that, I was simply the family brat and rebel. My namesake, Grandma Dolores Gómez, refused to speak to me or acknowledge my existence for about a year after the name change. Ever since I turned eighteen and had my legal name changed from Dolores-which means aches and pains in Spanish-to Dina. Especially since I was the family’s desgraciada. How did I, in three short months, get to the heart of my Mexican-American family? It wasn’t easy, believe me. It takes a lot of peeling to get to the heart of things.” Grandma Gómez-”Life is like an artichoke. It’s a romantic-suspense comedy with many “buen dichos”! SAVING LA FAMILIA by Donna Del Oro, about a latina teacher who’s recruited by her Mexican-born grandmother to save her cousins from a dangerous Mexican drug cartel. What’s a girl to do when “la familia” calls? To do so, she has to recruit help from her hated ex-fiance. After all, her stern grandmother tells her, she is the “smart one” in the family. She’s scrappy, smart and brave and I’ve been lucky to have known women like her in my life.Ī romantic suspense comedy set in Silicon Valley, a young Latina teacher, Dina Salazar, is asked by her Mexican-born grandmother to rescue her cousins from a dangerous Mexican drug cartel. –Dina Salazar is a composite character, I suppose, a little of me and a little of my Hispanic lady friends.
Tell us about your main character and who inspired him/her.
–I sometimes read the dialogue out loud to hear if it sounds realistic. –Yes! I love music, am taking piano lessons again after many years, and have sung with the Sacramento Valley Chorus for many years. When we drove over the San Diego to Coronado bridge, I had a panic attack.ĭo you listen to music when you’re writing? –When I was young, Flash Gordon’s girlfriend was my imaginary friend. One randomly chosen winner via rafflecopter will win a $50 Amazon/BN.com gift card. Please welcome author of Saving La Familia
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