Mi Amor

by Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin

Vibiana's first collection of poems and stories.

164 pages, Paperback

First published September 2, 2015

Reviews

[Rosalind · Rating 5 out of 5]

Haunting collection of poetry and prose that takes the reader on a journey to the author's past in East Los Angeles, her family's past, and her present day. Author Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin skillfully weaves a family story of warmth, pathos, joy, loss. This book has a languid, hypnotic pace, but still, I could not put it down. This book is for readers fascinated by Los Angeles history, and the history of the families who have made it home.

[Petrea Burchard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here's a memoir that gave me an insight into a life I've never known: growing up in the east LA barrio in the mid 20th-century. Aparicio-Chamberlin utilizes poems, pictures and stories to illustrate her youth. I'm a Midwestern WASP, but by the time I finished this book I felt like I'd absorbed the atmosphere she knew. She really put me there.