Natalia Sylvester
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"Verónica has had many surgeries to manage her disability. The best form of rehabilitation is swimming, so she spends hours in the pool, but not just to strengthen her body. Her Florida town is home to Mermaid Cove, a kitschy underwater attraction where professional mermaids perform in giant tanks . . . and Verónica wants to audition. But her conservative Peruvian parents would never go for it. And they definitely would never let her be with...
2) Running
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Senator Anthony Ruiz is running for president. Throughout his successful political career he has always had his daughter's vote, but this presidential campaign brings a whole new level of scrutiny to Mariana and the rest of her Cuban American family. From a live tour of their home to doctored photos that go viral , Mari is in the middle of it all. As student activism grows at her school, Mari realizes her father is not the man she thought he was....
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Han pasado varios años desde la última visita de su abuela, y Dulce goza cada detalle, desde sus maletas llenas de caramelos y regalos de sus primos hasta el aroma dulce y terroso de Perú que sale flotando de la habitación de la abuela por el pasillo. Pero la visita no durará para siempre, y demasiado pronto, su abuela vuelve a hacer las maletas. Entonces Dulce tiene una gran idea: Quizás haya cosas que les puede mandar a sus primos con su abuela...
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The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he's already dead--an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding day. Her husband, Martin, still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years ago, confesses that he never knew the old man had died. So Omar asks Isabel for the impossible: persuade Omar's family--especially his wife, Elda--to let him redeem himself. Isabel and Martin settle into married life in a Texas border town,...