Velvet was the Night: President Obama's Summer Reading List 2022 pick

Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 1970s Mexico City: while student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite seeks escape from her humdrum life in the stories of passion and danger filling the latest issue of Secret Romance. She is deeply envious of her neighbour, a beautiful art student apparently living the life of excitement and intrigue Maite craves - so when Leonora disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman, journeying...Read more