Amá, Your Story Is Mine : : Walking Out of the Shadows of Abuse / / Ercenia "Alice" Cedeño; ed. by Susan Dixon.

In the preface to her memoir, Ercenia "Alice" Cedeño recalls the secrecy and turmoil that marked her youth: "I spent most of my growing years mad at my mother and wanting her to change to fit in with the rest of the world," she writes. "When my sisters and I wanted her to vi...

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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One
  • Amá
  • Escape to a New Life
  • La Migra
  • Joe Recalls
  • Mexicali
  • Queena
  • Joe and the Pool Hall
  • The Cellar
  • Vultures
  • Apá
  • Wailing Cry
  • Domingo
  • Mujeres
  • Part Two
  • Bleach
  • Abuelita
  • Ragtag Band
  • Crossing the Threshold
  • A Neighbor’s Scheme
  • School
  • Fresno
  • Grapes
  • Hombres
  • Summer Ends
  • Part Three
  • The Clean Start
  • Monster Machines
  • Menstrual Wars
  • Graduations
  • The Curse
  • My Knight in Shining Armor
  • The Reunion
  • Marriage and Children
  • The Last Frontier
  • Beauty School
  • Fly Free
  • The Cycle