The Madonnas of Echo Park : A Novel (Paperback)

from 24girl

The Madonnas of Echo Park is a novel that gives us a glimpse into the lives of several Mexican Americans that live in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles from the 80's to now. Each chapter is told by a different character yet they all weave together throughout the whole book. The book starts with a...

from Narshkite

Somewhere between a 3 and a 4. There was so much to love here. I was captivated by the way I was pulled into this neighborhood, these lives. I continued to love the characters Skyhorse created for us. The quality of each tale in the book varied a good deal. I absolutely adored "Cool Kids", the en...

from Twink

The Madonnas of Echo Park is Brando Skyhorse's debut novel. It wasn't a book I'd heard of so I started read without any preconceived notions. I was so glad I read the author's notes in the beginning - it absolutely captured me. Brando grew up in Echo Park, a ethnically diverse neigbourhood in Los...

from JackieBlem

This book had me from the author's note, which begins, "This book was written because of a twelve-year-old girl named Aurora Esperanza." It seems that he, who was also 12 at the time, had said something terrible to her and then never saw her again, so was unable to apologize to her directly. He h...

from ShortStoryLover

Despite it being called a "novel" on the cover, this book is a collection of linked stories that all take place in Echo Park with the some of the same recurring characters. I heard great things about this book and found much to admire, but it fell short of my expectations. The part that fell the ...