San Antonio Book Festival - Rosie Carbó
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Rosie Carbó

Rosie Carbó is an award-winning former newspaper reporter. After working as a full-time reporter and lifestyle editor for suburban Dallas newspapers for several years, Carbó became a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in the Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, and The Dallas Morning News, where she contributed feature articles for nearly a decade.

She was recognized by and received awards from United Press International and the Associated Press, which distributed several of her feature articles. Carbó is a graduate of the University of North Texas, where she earned a BA in journalism. She’s a former member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Rosie joins the Book Festival to discuss her novel, Maria Antonia y sus retoños: Legacies of Motherhood.

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  • Maria Antonia y sus retoños: Legacies of Motherhood

    "Maria Antonia y sus retoños: Legacies of Motherhood" unravels the complex, often turbulent bonds between generations of a Mexican American family. At its heart is Maria Antonia Menchaca, a woman forged by revolution, migration, and sacrifice, whose resilience collides with the defiance and ambitions of her children. As she struggles for autonomy, family tensions flare—loyalty battles with betrayal, survival with dignity. Through hardship, exile, and fractured relationships, her legacy endures: a mother's strength, wisdom, and unyielding will.

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