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Anamely Salgado Reyes | The Olivares family is forced to listen to one another and learn the true definition of home
Author Guest / August 2, 2024

1–What is the title of your latest release? MY MOTHER CURSED MY NAME 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? In life, Olvido Olivares constantly clashed with her carefree daughter, Angustias, who left Olvido’s home in search of her own after becoming pregnant at the age of sixteen. Ten years later, Angustia’s daughter, Felicitas, finally meets her estranged grandmother and is terribly disappointed when Olvido is nothing like a grandmother should be. She is strict, cold, and…dead. Now, Olvido is convinced the only way her spirit will cross over is if her body is taken back to Mexico, her true home, but motivating her family to fulfill this wish will not be easy. Felicitas, the only person who can see and hear Olvido, is ready to retaliate for a decade of resentment, and Angustias, grief-stricken and unaware of her daughter’s gift, is desperate to escape all reminders of Olvido once again. To save themselves and each other, the Olivares family will be forced to listen to one another, work to overcome generations’ worth of well-intentioned mistakes and learn the true definition of home. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I write about what…