The Comadres & Friends Book Club is back. Join us!
Date: Tuesday, January 16
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Atrium Lobby, Phillip Morris Bldg, 120 Park Avenue at 42nd Street (across from Grand Central Station)
Book: IT'S NEWS TO ME by Olga Campos Benz
BOOK SUMMARY: Marissa Cavelo awakens under an alcohol-induced fog and has just minutes to get to a meeting at the television station where she works. She’s sure her career is doomed. Three days earlier, her chaotic adventure begins as a reporter and anchor at KATX-TV in Austin, Texas. While trying to prove to her station manager and back-stabbing co-workers that she is more than a pretty Latina who’s only good for fluff pieces, Marissa stumbles upon a huge exclusive, and suddenly finds herself up against ruthless criminals who’ll do anything—including taking down a news crew if necessary—to keep illegal activities from being uncovered.
Besides professional obstacles, she also faces a widening disconnect from her identical twin sister, Carissa. CC as she's called, resents her sister’s growing popularity as a celebrity and is desperate to get out from behind Marissa’s shadow, but what CC is willing to do to forge her own identity is unthinkable. Through all this, Marissa finds herself sexually drawn to her handsome photographer, Ken. Armed with a bottle of tequila, they come up with a kick-ass exposé in hopes of uncovering Austin’s scandal of the decade.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Olga Campos Benz is one of the most honored anchor/reporters ever to grace the Texas airwaves. A University of Texas graduate, Olga spent more than 30 years covering the biggest news stories in Houston, Corpus Christi and Austin, Texas. She serves on several non-profit boards including the Writers’ League of Texas and as an Advisory Council member of the University of Texas’ Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. In 2013, the Austin Business Journal named her among the “Profiles in Power: Women of Influence.” She is a 2014 inductee into the City of Austin Commission for Women Hall of Fame and the 2015 Distinguished Alum of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Hispanic Austin Leadership Program.
*** TELECONFERENCE *** The January Teleconference with Olga will be on Monday, January 22. Register at www.latinolit.com and you may win a free book.
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