Author Laura Taylor Namey discusses With Love, Echo Park

Join us in the Edendale Library meeting room Saturday December 14th at noon for a conversation with author Laura Taylor Namey about her new book, . 

With Love, Echo Park tells the story of two Cuban American teens in Los Angeles’ Echo Park neighborhood as they try to come to terms with their families and their community, and romantic sparks begin to fly. Seventeen year-old Clary is set to inherit her family’s florist shop, one of the few remaining Cuban-owned businesses in a neighborhood that once boasted many. Emilio works at his family’s Avalos Bicycle Works nearby, but his willingness to leave Echo Park to seek his future elsewhere is a major turn-off to Clary. As the summer unfolds, they start to share their hopes and fears, and find there’s something stronger than local history tying them together. It’s all set against the backdrop of Echo Park’s once-thriving Cuban American community, which originated in the 1960s with refugees fleeing the Castro regime and opening businesses and restaurants around downtown Los Angeles.

Laura Taylor Namey is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of young adult fiction including Reese’s Book Club pick , , and . A proud Cuban American, she lives in San Diego with her husband and two children. Learn more at laurataylornamey.com.

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