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Las mamis : favorite Latino authors remember their mothers / Esmeralda Santiago and Joie Davidow, editors.
Van Pelt Library E184.S75 M365 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hispanic American women--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Hispanic American women.
- Hispanic Americans--Family relationships--Anecdotes.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Mothers--United States--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Mothers.
- Hispanic American families--Anecdotes.
- Hispanic American families.
- Hispanic Americans--Family relationships.
- Hispanic American women--Biography.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 189 pages : portraits ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2000.
- Summary:
- In these vivid, poignant, and sometimes funny reminiscences--al infused with distinct "sabor latino--Las Mamis" celebrates the universality of family love and the special bond between mothers and children. 15 photos.
- Contents:
- First Born / Esmeralda Santiago 3
- My Mother in the Nude / Maria Amparo Escandon 23
- "Hello, Dollinks": Letters from Mom / Mandalit Del Barco 35
- Persephone's Quest at Waterloo: A Daughter's Tale / Alba Ambert 45
- Mami, a.k.a. Dona Lola / Piri Thomas 65
- Mami's Boy / Gustavo Perez Firmat 75
- Travels with Mami / Liz Balmaseda 89
- September 19, 1985 / Ilan Stavans 101
- A Mother Named Queen Solitude / Jaime Manrique 111
- Mamita Linda! / Francisco Goldman 123
- Mi Mommy / Dagoberto Gilb 137
- How (In a Time of Trouble) I Discovered My Mom and Learned to Live / Junot Diaz 155
- Just a Woman / Gioconda Belli 167
- Frida, Friduca, Mami / Marjorie Agosin 179.
- ISBN:
- 0375408797
- OCLC:
- 42454095
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