Center Voices Presents Author and Poet Mayra Lazara Dole's Novel Down to the Bone

CENTER VOICES PRESENTS AUTHOR AND POET MAYRA LAZARA DOLE'S NOVEL DOWN TO THE BONE

Mayra Lazara Dole’s novel, Down to the Bone,  gives us a look at the disenfranchisement of gay and lesbian teens, particularly in the Cuban community. Seventeen year-old Laura has fallen in love with Marlena. They have been involved in a committed relationship for two years, however, neither of their families knows. That all changes when Laura is caught reading a love letter from Marlena by one of the nuns at her Catholic high school. Not only does the nun retrieve the letter, she reads it to the entire class. Immediately, Laura becomes an outcast in the eyes of her friends.

Down to the Bone was nominated for ALA Best Book 2009, garnered a Starred Booklist review, and was submitted to the National Book Awards.  Dole translates environmentalist Green brochures from English to Spanish and is a freelance columnist/writer for LGBT magazines.

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