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Big Chicas Don't Cry
by Annette Chavez Macias
I don’t know if this book was a fast read, or if it feels that way because I enjoyed reading it so much.
I definitely had a personal connection to this story; having grown up in a big, extended Spanish family, everything about this story was so familiar. From making tamales with the whole family, to getting into mischief with your cousins, and to the connection we all feel with the matriarch of the family.
Four cousins who were close as children become separated when one of the cousins moves away from their hometown. Fifteen years later, three of the cousins are still very close, while the one who moved away is pretty much estranged from the rest of family. The story is told in the first person from each of the cousin’s perspectives and I found each and every character endearing and relatable.
A story about the bonds of family, of carving out your own identity, and what love looks like to each individual person.
3.5 ⭐️
I definitely had a personal connection to this story; having grown up in a big, extended Spanish family, everything about this story was so familiar. From making tamales with the whole family, to getting into mischief with your cousins, and to the connection we all feel with the matriarch of the family.
Four cousins who were close as children become separated when one of the cousins moves away from their hometown. Fifteen years later, three of the cousins are still very close, while the one who moved away is pretty much estranged from the rest of family. The story is told in the first person from each of the cousin’s perspectives and I found each and every character endearing and relatable.
A story about the bonds of family, of carving out your own identity, and what love looks like to each individual person.
3.5 ⭐️