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Title: Valentina Goldman's Immaculate Confusion
Author: Marisol Murano
Narrator: Ginger Roll
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-27-16
Publisher: Hipso Media
Genres: Fiction, Humor
Publisher's Summary:
Since her arrival in the US from Venezuela, Valentina Goldman isn't exactly living the American dream. She is living the American nightmare. Her late husband, Max, has left her a young widow, an angry ex-wife who is keeping the secret of Max's untimely departure, plus an American step-daughter Valentina cannot figure out.
And oh, after giving up her dream job in New York, Valentina is now unemployed in Arizona. As her story unravels, Valentina's double-edged wit exposes both the ridiculous soap-opera-ish aspects of contemporary Venezuela and the many confounding features of life in America. Quirky and eccentric, Valentina Goldman's Immaculate Confusion is an enchanting entree into the world of the immigrant experience.
Told in sidesplitting vignettes that hit the heart, Valentina's is a moving story about what happens when a passionate South American woman moves to the US and like so many of us, ends up with a life she never imagined.
Members Reviews:
VALENTINA IS HILARIOUS!
I am seriously in love with Valentina. She's feisty, hilarious and her take on relationships and the world
is hilarious and insightful. She rides life's roller coaster and the reader gets to go along for the ride. As Valentina narrates her own story, her street smarts, philosophy, and enthusiasm in the face of a crazy Latina family, a few no-good husbands and tragedy make this a truly uplifting work of fiction. This book is a perfect for any woman on the planet who has a heart.
I wanted to like this book because I liked Valentina
I wanted to like this book because I liked Valentina, but I just couldn't keep reading. It jumped around too much and felt like I was trying to listen to someone on speed.
You'll love Valentina!
Funny, sharp, quirky, and tender--this book has a little of everything. I wish everyone's stepmother could be more like Valentina Goldman.
laugh!
I seriously laughed out loud while reading Valentina Goldman's Immaculate Confusion. Hilarious, sassy, and spicy. Looking forward to reading more from Marisol!
Book Review: From Author Unpublished
I received this book directly from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Cover: Well done. It's contemporary, clear, and the text doesn't obscure the model much. Thumbs up.
This book was one of those books that when I picked it up, utterly threw me for a loop. I was expecting a narrative tale of Valentina Goldman's life--and that's what I got, just not in the way I expected. This story is written completely in the telling voice as if the main character, Valentina, is telling a story to a young girl named Emily. To be honest, it took me a long time (four or five chapters) to really reconcile with the strange way it was written, and it did almost have me putting the story down. For a very long while I wasn't sure if the voice was going to change to a more narrative approach later on, who Valentina was talking to, or who that person was in relation to herself. I'm still not sure how old Emily is. This lead to a very confusing read at times.k
Another thing that threw me off was the constant jumping around. One chapter Valentina would be telling Emily about her sister's marriage, and then the next she'd be talking about her own step kids. A chapter later, she'd be back to her sister... or her aunt, or her childhood.
