Summer reading: Cantora

Book cover of CantoraCantora
Silvia López-Medina

Cantora is a first novel by Sylvia López-Medina about four generations of Mexican (and later, Mexican-American) women as they make their way through life on both sides of the border. It was inspired by her own family history and shows their struggle between keeping traditions and adapting to their new home in California. Each generation overcomes a different set of problems. I loved it so much that I immediately read her second book, Seguiria, and was saddened to learn that her third remains unfinished because she died in a car accident.

DELLA PERETTI
Academic Coordinator (retired)
Graduate School of Education

This book is part of the 2019 Berkeley Summer Reading List. Stay tuned for more weekly posts!