“The Amado Women is a fast-paced novel that manages the rare feat of being both entertaining and heartfelt… A haunting, well-crafted story from a novelist at the peak of her powers.”
“This is spot-on writing from Zamorano, illustrating how class aspirations can erase our humanity or ability to connect with others, and demonstrating some of the pitfalls of middle-class existence.”
“Stunning, original, beautiful, mesmerizing…It’s a fast paced, emotionally-packed tale that will captivate readers from the start.”
\"With The Amado Women, she delivers a story bursting with life, awakening readers to its radiant characters, eloquent prose and deeply engaging world.”
Library Journal
\"…a fast-paced story with lots of family drama and strong characters who overcome bad relationships and the other adversities life hands them.\"
\"A finely rendered story of a multigenerational Latina family overcoming individual setbacks and tragedies.\"
Petrea Burchard, Hometown Pasadena
“From its shocking opening to its dream-like ending, Désirée Zamorano’s The Amado Women dishes out secrets, lies, and hurts as fast as we can gobble them up.”
Dagoberto Gilb, Before the End, After the Beginning: Stories
“…these beautiful Amado women dine at chichi hotels and restaurants, carry plush designer bags, and steer new cars into suburbias. But Zamorano doesn’t leave it at that--because even an American dream-fulfilled life is still full of real life, and what alone endures is family.”
Mark Childress, Crazy in Alabama and Georgia Bottoms
“Désirée Zamorano’s novel explores a world of Latinas that belongs to her alone. Such originality predicts a notable career in the world of fiction. The author’s voice is true, and her stories feel real.”
Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines
\"Take three wildly divergent sisters, a worrying mother, and an electrifying city. Blend in the heartache of marriage and an arsenal of secrets. Serve to all your comadres with a jalapeño twist.\"