{"id":60955,"date":"2018-04-27T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T04:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-lucia-zarate-the-odyssey-of-the-worlds-smallest-woman-by-cecilia-velastegui-named-2017-foreword-indies-book-of-the-year-awards-finalist\/"},"modified":"2018-04-27T09:34:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T13:34:03","slug":"lucia-zarate-the-odyssey-of-the-worlds-smallest-woman-por-cecilia-velastegui-es-elegido-finalista-para-los-premios-foreword-indies-al-libro-del-ano-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/lucia-zarate-the-odyssey-of-the-worlds-smallest-woman-por-cecilia-velastegui-es-elegido-finalista-para-los-premios-foreword-indies-al-libro-del-ano-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"LUCIA ZARATE: THE ODYSSEY OF THE WORLD&#8217;S SMALLEST WOMAN by Cecilia Vel\u00e1stegui named 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MONARCH BEACH, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 27, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Today, Libros Publishing is pleased to announce that <i>Luc\u00eda Z\u00e1rate:\u00a0The Odyssey of the World&#8217;s Smallest Woman <\/i>by award-winning author Cecilia Vel\u00e1stegui has been recognized as a finalist in the 20th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg71e0left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg71e0left\" title=\"Award-winning Author Cecilia Vel\u00e1stegui, Foreword Reviews INDIES Finalist, Novel LUCIA ZARATE: The Odyssey of the World's Smallest Woman\" style=\"HEIGHT: 400px; WIDTH: 267px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Award-winning Author Cecilia Vel\u00e1stegui, Foreword Reviews INDIES Finalist, Novel LUCIA ZARATE: The Odyssey of the World's Smallest Woman\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/683273\/Libros_Publishing_Cecilia_Velastegui.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Author Cecilia Vel\u00e1stegui commented, &#8220;I&#8217;m honored by this recognition from <i>Foreword Reviews<\/i>.\u00a0 I devoted many years to research and to write <i>Luc\u00eda Z\u00e1rate: The Odyssey of the World&#8217;s Smallest Woman. <\/i>Luc\u00eda&#8217;s tiny proportions captivated audiences at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and turned her into a celebrity who met President Hayes and <span class=\"xn-person\">Queen Victoria<\/span>. Her poignant, real-life odyssey is spellbinding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ceciliavelastegui.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ceciliavelastegui.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Luc\u00eda Z\u00e1rate<\/i> is a mesmerizing tale of survival, resilience and the uplifting force of friendship set in the circus sideshows of the 1880s.\u00a0 It received first place in the International Latino Book Awards, the nation&#8217;s oldest and largest Hispanic literary awards.\u00a0 Vel\u00e1stegui&#8217;s novel was also runner-up to the prolific master Arturo P\u00e9rez-Reverte&#8217;s 2017 novel <i>What We Become.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Foreword Magazine, Inc. hosts its annual awards program each year. Finalists represent the best books published in 2017. After more than 2,000 individual titles spread across 65 genres were submitted for consideration, the list of finalists was determined by Foreword&#8217;s editorial team. Winners will be decided by an expert team of booksellers and librarians\u2014representing Foreword&#8217;s readership\u2014from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Winners in each genre will be announced <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 15, 2018<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The complete list of finalists can be found at:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forewordreviews.com\/awards\/finalists\/2017\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.forewordreviews.com\/awards\/finalists\/2017\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Choosing finalists for the INDIES is always the highlight of our year, but the job is very difficult due to the high quality of submissions,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Victoria Sutherland<\/span>, founder\/publisher of <i>Foreword Reviews<\/i>. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgef7cleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgef7cleft\" title=\"Novel LUCIA ZARATE: THE ODYSSEY OF THE WORLD'S SMALLEST WOMAN by Cecilia Vel\u00e1stegui is Foreword Reviews INDIES FINALIST. http:\/\/ceciliavelastegui.com\/\" style=\"HEIGHT: 400px; WIDTH: 274px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Novel LUCIA ZARATE: THE ODYSSEY OF THE WORLD'S SMALLEST WOMAN by Cecilia Vel\u00e1stegui is Foreword Reviews INDIES FINALIST. http:\/\/ceciliavelastegui.com\/\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/683272\/Libros_Publishing_LUCIA_ZARATE.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/683273\/Libros_Publishing_Cecilia_Velastegui.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/683273\/Libros_Publishing_Cecilia_Velastegui.jpg<\/a> <br \/>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/683272\/Libros_Publishing_LUCIA_ZARATE.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/683272\/Libros_Publishing_LUCIA_ZARATE.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Libros Publishing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MONARCH BEACH, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 27, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Today, Libros Publishing is pleased to announce that <i>Luc\u00eda Z\u00e1rate:\u00a0The Odyssey of the World&#8217;s Smallest Woman <\/i>by award-winning author Cecilia Vel\u00e1stegui has been recognized as a finalist in the 20th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg71e0left\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpg71e0left&quot; title=&quot;Award-winning Author Cecilia Vel\u00e1stegui, Foreword Reviews&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}