Tag: Orlando Ortega-Medina

• REVIEW: Emerald Road: A Tale of Love, War, and Betrayal by Orlando Ortega-Medina

  

  In this powerful prequel to The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, Orlando Ortega-Medina adeptly captures the hardships of the immigrant experience and the strength of the human spirit to survive and even excel despite the odds. In the turbulent 1990s, Emerald Road follows Isaac Perez’s escape from El Salvador’s Civil War. With his loyal canine companion,…

  charkinzie

  4 Jan 2025

  Books, Contemporary, lgbtqia content, self-discovery

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• REVIEW: The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants by Orlando Ortega-Medina

  

    Award-winning author and immigration attorney Orlando Ortega-Medina returns to 1990s San Francisco in The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, a powerful family drama that plays out within a captivating legal thriller. Attorney Marc Mendes, the estranged son of a prominent rabbi and a burned-out lawyer with addiction issues, plots his exit from the big city…

  charkinzie

  27 Mar 2023

  Books, coming out, Contemporary, diverse characters, grief, in recovery, lgbtqia content, mental health

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