# 2023 National Book Festival: The Family You Need, the Family You Create with Esmeralda Santiago & Luis Alberto Urrea

What makes someone family? Join Esmeralda Santiago and Luis Alberto Urrea as they discuss their new novels, "Las Madres" (Santiago) and "Good Night, Irene External" (Urrea). Santiago's novel follows Marysol as she seeks to understand her mother's past; Urrea's novel transports us to World War II in a story highlighting women's heroism during the era. Moderated by The Washington Post's Maria Sacchetti.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: National Book Festival (u.s.)
- Genres: Children's
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661389/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2025661389?play=1)