Barb
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"Barbara Caridad Ferrer- writer and shoe fiend"
Female
100 years old
JACKSONVILLE, Florida
United States
Last Login: 9/14/2008
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Barb's Interests
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| General | Reading, writing, music, food/cooking, film/television, football (college & pro), baseball, vintage fashion, and shoes. Lots and lots of shoes. | | Music | Yeah, um, there's seriously not enough room. I have a long-standing love of jazz and was absolutely over the moon when Herbie Hancock won the Grammy for River. Music as a whole is such an integral part of my life that not a day goes by without my listening to something and it's a huge part of my life as a writer. I can honestly say I wouldn't be the writer I am without music. | | Movies | When Harry Met Sally, Bull Durham, Major League, Love Actually, Sense & Sensibility, Henry V (Ken Branagh version), Dead Again, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Steel Magnolias, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders 1&3, The Princess Bride | | Television | Chuck, NUMB3RS, Torchwood, New Amsterdam, Buffy/Angel, 60s sitcoms, the Carol Burnett Show, Mad Men (love, love, LOVE this show), Charlie Brown specials, Schoolhouse Rock. | | Books | Right. This is as hard as the music. I'll put a couple of longstanding favorites—OUTLANDER- Diana Gabaldon; HEARTBREAK HOTEL- Anne Rivers Siddons; THE THORN BIRDS- Colleen McCullough; THE DONOVAN LEGACY- Nora Roberts; MEMORIES OF A CUBAN KITCHEN- Mary Urrutia Randelman; THE LAST CONVERTIBLE- Anton Myrer | | Heroes | Yeah, I don't do the hero thing. Never have. But there are a lot of people I admire. Most of them in the People I'd Love to Meet category. |
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Barb's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Hometown: | Miami | | Body type: | 5' 2" | | Ethnicity: | Latino / Hispanic | | Zodiac Sign: | Virgo | | Education: | Grad / professional school |
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About me:
CARIDAD FERRER is a first generation, bilingual Cuban-American, born in Manhattan and raised in Miami, all of which she realizes makes her a walking cliché. However, it also means she speaks Spanish reasonably fluently, at least enough to be able to employ some of the more colorful expressions in her writing.
Like most good little Cuban girls, she began piano lessons at the age of five, summoned for command performances at family holiday parties wearing ruffles and that season's shiny patent-leather shoes. Rather than scarring her for life, it sparked in her a lifelong love of music that remains to this day and is highly influential in her writing.
Her novel, ADIÓS TO MY OLD LIFE was released by MTV Books in 2006, garnering praise such as "A page-turning must-read," and "…an intelligent debut novel about the world of music and reality television." Her second novel for MTV Books, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE ACCENT was released in August 2007.
ADIÓS TO MY OLD LIFE HAS WON THE RITA!!
Best Contemporary Single Title
Reviews, Reviews, Reviews!
ADIÓS TO MY OLD LIFE:
"Ali’s first-person colloquial narrative is "totally" with it. But there’s also a real story here, with frenetic action, romance (including some hot sex), pop-scene fantasy, and surprises to the very end. What shines through in Cuban American writer Ferrer’s first novel (part of the MTV Fiction series), though, is the rich diversity of Latino culture, and the celebration of music and its universal connections."
— Hazel Rochman, Booklist
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE ACCENT:
When Caroline Darcy heads off to college, the theater major from small-town Ohio dyes her hair from “blah, beige blonde” hair to “Havana Brown” and pretends she is half-Cuban—never mind that her Cuban connection comes entirely via her late great-grandmother, the dashing Nana Ellie. Caro sprinkles Spanish into her speech, wears tighter clothes and enjoys the attention she gets from being “exotic,” even starting a relationship with“smooth” fraternity boy Erik. The plot takes a jarring turn when one of Erik's friends rapes Caro in her dorm room, despite the efforts of her Cuban friend from across the hall, Peter, to save her. Retuning to school in the fall, Caro stops pretending to be Carolina, but decides to research Nana Ellie's family, which alters the direction of the story. Readers may grow frustrated wondering where Ferrer (Adiós to My Old Life) is going next, besides building to the inevitable romance between Caro and Peter. But the book achieves a real richness: Caro not only learns unexpected secrets about Nana Ellie, but hears many revealing life stories. The elderly Cuban women who talk about their journeys prove especially moving. In the end, this twisting book amply rewards readers. Ages 12-up. (Aug.)
— Publisher's Weekly
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Who I'd like to meet:
So many people. I'm inherently shy, so I'm not likely to go up to someone and introduce myself (I'm working on that), but I love talking to people, especially in the arts, because I love digging under the surface and finding out what makes them tick artistically and as people.
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