The Barbarian Nurseries (Hardcover) by Hector Tobar

from BookConcierge

Audiobook performed by Frankie AlvarezScott Torres and his wife, Maureen Thompson, live in an ocean-view Spanish-style McMansion with their three children and a staff they can no longer afford. The gardener and nanny have already been let go when we meet Ariceli Ramirez, "the last Mexican standin...

from Florinda

The central plot of The Barbarian Nurseries involves the family of Scott Torres and Maureen Thompson, who bought their home in an exclusive Orange County gated community when the software company they launched was acquired several years earlier, enabling a new lifestyle maintained with the help o...

from wareagle78

The story of Araceli, a Mexican housekeeper for a Orange County family, finds herself in an untenable situation when the nanny is fired and the parents abandon her with two young boys. The abandonment was not intentional - each parent thought the other was at home - and when they return to find A...

from ReluctantTechie

A well-written look at the issues of Hispanic immigrants, legal and illegal, and their place in our society. It also examines how one modern marriage interprets the American Dream and how the media affects the legal system as well as individuals. An excellent book for discussion, with an ambiguou...

from peggygillman

Long book and if I had been reading it, I don't know if I would have finished but I'm glad I was listening to it. Commentary on California, immigrants, greed, servants, the American way and many other things. Did Adacelli do the right thing and take the boys to try to find their grandfather? Were...