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Tías and Primas

On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us

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Tías and Primas

By: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, Josie Del Castillo - illustrator
Narrated by: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
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From the author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, a celebration of the women at the heart of Latine families

Born into a large, close-knit family in Nicaragua, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez grew up surrounded by strong, kind, funny, sensitive, resilient, judgmental, messy, beautiful women. Whether blood relatives or chosen family, these tías and primas fundamentally shaped her view of the world—and so did the labels that were used to talk about them. The tía loca who is shunned for defying gender roles. The pretty prima put on a pedestal for her European features. The matriarch who is the core of her community but hides all her pain.

In Tías and Primas, the follow-up to her acclaimed debut For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, Mojica Rodríguez explores these archetypes. Fearlessly grappling with the effects of intergenerational trauma, centuries of colonization, and sexism, she attempts to heal the pain that is so often embodied in female family lines.

Tías and Primas is a deeply felt love letter to family, community, and Latinas everywhere.

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©2024 Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez (P)2024 Seal Press
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Powerful and transcending

Enjoyed every second of this book. Moving, insightful, and reflected on how I’ve been most chapters/version of these tias/primas in my lifetime. I really enjoyed your wishes for the tia/prima in each chapter and encouraged how families should reframe their ways of thinking about each tia/prima. On to the authors next book….

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A Mirror for All Latines

The way Prisca marries theory with praxis and reality provides a mirror for all Latines to reflect on the social, political, economic, and familial institutions which shape us. I felt seen, called out, and validated. A necessary piece of scholarship.

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So necesario! Must Read!

This book was so good! Everyone has at least one of these tias or primas. Brought back so many memories of my own tias and thinking “I know exactly which of my Tias she is describing” lol.

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Awareness and Understanding 🙏

Prisca,
Gracias, for writing this book! It’s helped me better understand the beautiful family dynamics within our families. I now see even more clearly how each incredible person, each Tía and prima (and abuela), has played a special part in shaping who I am.
I feel truly seen and grateful for that.

Liliana Baylon

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It is so healing to be seen

This book verbalizes experiences I didn’t know I needed verbalized. A million thanks to the Author.

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Amazing

I felt myself in each Tia and prima she described. We are them for others. I saw my own Tias and Primas in a new perspective. This was my first audio book I listened to in its entirety in just a few days!

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Nuestras mujeres

What a beautiful and honest book that describe the roles women in our families play. Trauma, celebrations, expectations…how they all influence the women we grow up to be.

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Be ready to be seen

Latinx or not, you will not only feel seen but you will gain perspectives that can only make you more well rounded and compassionate to self and others.

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Good Listen

This was a good listen. To hear how we have a bit of these tías and primas within ourselves was mind blowing.

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I See Myself

I see myself in many of the descriptions of the tias and primas. I also see the anger and resentment the author has towards her family and her bias against European influences. I understand it. I do. But I also know that bias and anger build great big walls. Great book though, eye opening to what it is to be different than the Disney version of the Latina family. God knows my family is far from the Disney version.

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