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] ©2007 |
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