<DIV><B>Winner of the California Book Award for Fiction<BR>A <I>Los Angeles Times</I> Bestseller</B></DIV><DIV><B></B> </DIV><DIV><B>Best Book of the Year Lists<BR><I>The New York Times Book Review</I> • <I>Los Angeles Times</I><BR><I>San Francisco Chronicle</I> • <I>The Boston Globe</I></B> </DIV><DIV><BR>Scott and Maureen Torres-Thompson have always relied on others to run their Orange County home. But when bad investments crater their bank account, it all comes down to Araceli: their somewhat prickly Mexican maid. One night, an argument between the couple turns physical, and a misunderstanding leaves the children in Araceli’s care. Their parents unreachable, she takes them to central Los Angeles in the hopes of finding Scott’s estranged Mexican father---an earnest quest that soon becomes a colossal misadventure, with consequences that ripple through every strata of the sprawling city. Héctor Tobar's <I>The Barbarian Nurseries</I> is a masterful tale of contemporary Los Angeles, a novel as alive as the city itself.</DIV>