Yo!

Fiction. Literature. HTML:"Charming and funny . . . Mesmerizing . . . Wonderful.�?� �??USA Today   Yolanda García�??Yo, for short�??is the literary one in the family. Her first published novel, in which uses as characters practically everyone she knows, was a big success. Now she�??s basking in the spotlight while those �??characters�?� find their very recognizable selves dangling in that same blinding light. But turnabout is fair play, and so here, Yolanda García�??s family and friends tell the truth about Yo. Her three sisters, her Mami and Papi, her grandparents, tías, tíos, cousins, housemaids, her third husband: they take turns telling their side of the story, ripping into Yo and in the process creating their own endearing self-portraits.   At once funny and poignant, intellectual and gossipy, lighthearted and layered, ¡Yo! is above all a portrait of the artist. And with its bright colors, passion, and penchant for controversy, it�??s a portrait that could come only from th… (more)