2024-08-24 15:07:37
This Saturday (24), Brazilian writers, each with his own journey and experience as an immigrant, unite their voices, in Los Angeles, to celebrate National Latina Day. In addition to being an event dedicated to exchanging experiences outside their country, five Brazilian women are launching their books in one of the city’s best-known bookstores, Barnes & Noble, at The Grove Shopping Mall. The publications cover topics such as self-awareness, overcoming, health, finding identity and even horror fiction, inspired by the experience of being a child in America.
This is the third year that WeBook Publishing, created by Ana Silvani from Santa Catarina, has promoted this event with launches during the celebrations of the National Latina Day. Ana, finding it difficult to publish her own manuscripts, created an editorial label to support her dreams and those of other immigrant writers.
“For three years, Webook has been a bridge that connects writers and readers to this new place, which is now available through other women who have joined me and are telling their stories to the world and it is better , that has no price,” Ana told RFI.
One of the creations in this edition is “Change”, written by the artist Daniela Escobar, who has lived in the United States for two decades. Known for writing soap operas such as “O Clone”, “América” and the miniseries “A Casa das Sete Mulheres”, Daniela reports in the publication the experience of changing countries and reinventing herself.
Daniela Escobar, author of “Change.” © Disclosure
“I told my life, how I got here, why I wrote this book, why I changed jobs, changed countries. I didn’t leave my job, but if you go leave your country, your language and go to another , and you spend years learning a language and not working on it, there are symbols, there are questions and everything is part of the changes, ” Daniela said. The book “Change”, according to her, opens people’s minds to the possibility of experiencing something new and better.
Daniela’s step forward, as she also became a doctor in the United States, after being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer seven years ago. He changed his lifestyle and shared what he looks better now.
“There are many factors, I divided them into boxes as I learned about it, studied. The desire today is to bring this knowledge to people. We change our body’s chemistry, this causes harm. In my case it’s food, it’s Sweets, sugar, excess, emotions, everything together, I tell you some things that go back to grandma, thinking that everything that is natural and fresh is what that keeps us , that is frozen, that of the company, the box, the bottle is good only for the pocket of those who sell it, “said the author.
Patricia East, who works as a director of human resources and training leaders, shares her experience as an immigrant with the title “Passport to Growth.” The book provides tips for immigrants to be inspired and find their own paths to success.
Patricia East, author of “Passport to Growth”. © Disclosure
Journalist Larissa Rinaldi, author of “City Echoes”, brings a collection of words about lessons learned and lived in five years of living in New York.
“They are short words, some are very strong, some are funny. It’s about how we deal with these emotions, with issues that we still don’t have much control over. The immigrant life is about not very controlled. This limbo because I’m not American or I don’t integrate into our society, our culture anymore,” Larissa said.
Larissa Rinaldi signed the book “City Echoes”. © Disclosure
History and self-esteem
It was a night taking care of a child that the inspiration for “The Baby Lord” came, a horror story, which was already turned into a short film and now into a book, written by the artist Débora Liss. She works as a maid to fulfill her dreams in Uncle Sam’s land and that is where the inspiration for the plot also comes from.
“I was working as a janitor at night, and the baby was already asleep. I was on my cell phone in the living room, and all of a sudden, you know when a toy’s battery dies? The car started beeping, it took me a little. to see, but I was off and back to the seats. I started creating stories and writing”, Débora remembers.
Viviane Williams, author of “Take Your Body”, bridges the gap between body, well-being and self-awareness. She uses psychology and art counseling to improve self-esteem and find the essence of each person.
“When writing my book, I wanted to bring this vision, showing how dressing can be an inner process that affects not only our mind but our body and also our mind, where our values and our principles” , introduced Viviane. This is how he views his journey as an immigrant, which allows him to understand in a very unique way the complexities of living between cultures and how this can affect the way we see ourselves and how we show ourselves to the world, says tradition. contact person
In addition to Los Angeles, the launches will also take place in San Francisco, on the 30th, and in New York, on the 20th and 21st of September.
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