false 2422754 031234967X 9780312349677 275 71 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2422754.Dirty_Girls_on_Top 51317 Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez 4253 693 5 1 true Mon May 19 18:52:03 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 22:01:44 -0700 2008
WOW!!! Alisa has done it again. Delivered a book that keeps you page turning as you delve into the lives of the 6 Latina Divas who have been friends since college. They are an unlikely bunch of friends, each so different, so unique, so fantastic, who bond in college and see each other through some very difficult times. They laugh, they play, they cry, and they connect as each one focuses on her own humanity and her own challenges in life.

There is divorce, marriage, infidelity, bulimia, infertility, abuse and other challenges as the sucias find themselves growing into their humanity. The reader is brought into the lives of these divas, all beautiful and wonderfully successful and fantastically accomplished as they deal with life as thirty somethings. Kids, husbands, boyfriends, and all of the other drama of “growing up” “knowing yourself” and making the most of your life as they discover their purpose, their essence, and what makes them tick.

There are lessons to be learned here, as well as great conversations for how people are dealing with life, living, success, and the issues that all of us confront in our common humanity. It does not matter if we are divas, Latinas, wives, mothers or daughters.

Alisa has done it again, she has brought us some pertinent social issues without being preachy or judgmental. She has woven her magic to create memorable characters who you would be more than willing to invite into your home, to chat, share a cup of coffee, indulge in flan, or a margarita as you discussed the latest chisme with your friends.
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