Tell Me Something True
Autor Leila Coboen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2009
A
young
Colombian-American
woman
uncovers
the
truth
about
her
deceased
mother's
secret
past
in
this
beautiful
and
poignant
debut
novel
from
journalist
Leila
Cobo.
When
Gabriella
discovers
a
journal--a
book
that
begins
as
a
new
mother's
letters
to
her
baby
girl,
but
becomes
a
secret
diary--the
final
entry
leaves
one
question
unanswered:
the
night
her
mother
died,
was
she
returning
to
Colombia
to
end
an
affair,
or
was
she
abandoning
her
family
for
good?
Tell
Me
Something
Trueis
the
bittersweet
story
of
a
daughter
learning
to
see
her
mother
as
a
woman,
and
not
just
a
parent.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780446519366
ISBN-10: 0446519367
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 0446519367
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
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Notă biografică
Renowned
journalist
and
former
concert
pianist,Leila
Cobois
a
native
of
Cali,
Colombia.
The
Executive
Director
of
Latin
Content
&
Programming
for
Billboard,
she
is
a
frequent
contributor
to
NPR
and
has
written
liner
notes
for
acts
such
as
Ricky
Martin,
Shakira
and
Chayanne.
She
is
also
the
host
of
the
television
show
Estudio
Billboard,
which
features
in-depth
interviews
with
top
Latin
acts.
Leila
is
a
Fulbright
scholar
with
a
graduate
degree
from
the
Annenberg
School
of
Communications
at
USC
and
holds
dual
degrees
in
journalism,
from
Bogota's
Universidad
Javeriana,
and
in
piano
performance
from
the
Manhattan
School
of
Music.
She
currently
lives
in
Key
Biscayne,
Fl.
with
her
husband
and
children.
Recenzii
"[A]
poignant
tale
of
truths
hidden
and
laid
bare."—Booklist
"The smooth prose and authentic Colombian settings provide a unique spin to familiar territory."—Publishers Weekly
"A good story, delicately told with pathos and compassion."—BookLoons Reviews
"This heart-wrenching story focuses on how memories permeate the everyday, the relationship between mothers and daughters, and the role family plays in our most intimate relationships."—RT Book Reviews
"Con una trama que deja al lector preguntando por una continuación de esta historia, la periodista y pianista Leila Cobo ingresa con el pie derecho al mundo de la novela con su primer libro,Tell Me Something True." -Semana("With a story that leaves the reader wanting more, journalist and pianist Leila Cobo enters the literary world on the right foot with her first novel,Tell Me Something True."—Semana
"This first novel, one of the best that I have read all year, throws question after question at the reader and tosses us all back to our first loves and the choices we may or may not have made....Relentless an absolutely honest, the surprise ending is unbeatable. Wonderful writing, content, themes and characters... this novel is a must read. Bravo!"—www.thereviewbroads.com
"Raw, passionate, honest and fearless."—Examiner.com
"Tell Me Something Trueis an utterly wonderful and riveting book that had me in its clutches from the first page. It is lyrical and sensual with no word out of place. The character development is perfect, deep and meaningful, bringing the reader into the heart of the protagonists and their lives. In a sense, this novel sang to me in its poignant story of great loves."—www.mostlyfiction.com
"[Tell Me Something True] is a well told story. The characters are alive and maintain a reader's interest until the last word."—Midwest Book Review
"The smooth prose and authentic Colombian settings provide a unique spin to familiar territory."—Publishers Weekly
"A good story, delicately told with pathos and compassion."—BookLoons Reviews
"This heart-wrenching story focuses on how memories permeate the everyday, the relationship between mothers and daughters, and the role family plays in our most intimate relationships."—RT Book Reviews
"Con una trama que deja al lector preguntando por una continuación de esta historia, la periodista y pianista Leila Cobo ingresa con el pie derecho al mundo de la novela con su primer libro,Tell Me Something True." -Semana("With a story that leaves the reader wanting more, journalist and pianist Leila Cobo enters the literary world on the right foot with her first novel,Tell Me Something True."—Semana
"This first novel, one of the best that I have read all year, throws question after question at the reader and tosses us all back to our first loves and the choices we may or may not have made....Relentless an absolutely honest, the surprise ending is unbeatable. Wonderful writing, content, themes and characters... this novel is a must read. Bravo!"—www.thereviewbroads.com
"Raw, passionate, honest and fearless."—Examiner.com
"Tell Me Something Trueis an utterly wonderful and riveting book that had me in its clutches from the first page. It is lyrical and sensual with no word out of place. The character development is perfect, deep and meaningful, bringing the reader into the heart of the protagonists and their lives. In a sense, this novel sang to me in its poignant story of great loves."—www.mostlyfiction.com
"[Tell Me Something True] is a well told story. The characters are alive and maintain a reader's interest until the last word."—Midwest Book Review