Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. "In these stories, Mohr continues to mine the vein found in earlier collections set in the Puerto Rican neighborhoods of the South Bronx. She often writes for and about young adults, but here her characters are mostly older and concerned about their marriages and careers. Their lives are marked by a tension between getting out of the barrio--earning college degrees, achieving some measure of professional success--and going back, whether that means visiting the now-desolate old neighborhood or ...
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Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. "In these stories, Mohr continues to mine the vein found in earlier collections set in the Puerto Rican neighborhoods of the South Bronx. She often writes for and about young adults, but here her characters are mostly older and concerned about their marriages and careers. Their lives are marked by a tension between getting out of the barrio--earning college degrees, achieving some measure of professional success--and going back, whether that means visiting the now-desolate old neighborhood or having a Puerto Rican honeymoon. Another common thread is Mohr's feminism and the despicable macho posturing of many of the men. And in one story about a woman guided by voices she thinks she hears in church, Mohr explores the strong mix of religion and superstition that imbues Nyorican culture. Her plain, straightforward narrative style makes the stories easy to read"--Mary Ellen Quinn, Booklist.
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Good in Good jacket. BU5-A hard cover no additional printings indicated withdrawn ex-library book in very good-condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black cloth covered boards with silver lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library label, marks, and stamps on the front endpaper and top outside paper edges plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. A collection of short stories by a noted Latina author These stories are told with wry humor and a surprising turn of events and show another dimension of people who struggle to triumph over their hostile and sometimes bizarre predicaments. The author is a National Book Award Finalist, a winner of the School Library Journal Best Book award, A Best Book for Young Adults award from the American Library Association, and a Parents' Choice Remarkable book for Literature award. By the author of "Nilda, " "In Nueva York, " "Rituals of Survival, " "Felita, " and "El Bronx Remembered." 191p.
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