Just like us : the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America / Helen Thorpe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thorpe, Helen, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American women--Colorado--Denver--Social conditions.

Mexican American women.

Noncitizens--Colorado--Denver.

Noncitizens.

Illegal immigration--Colorado--Denver.

Illegal immigration.

Social conditions.

Colorado--Denver.

Denver (Colo.)--Social conditions.

Denver (Colo.).

Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

viii, 387 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Scribner, 2009.

Summary:

"Just Like Us" offers a powerful account of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver--two of whom have legal documentation, two of whom who don't--and the challenges they face as they attempt to pursue the American dream.

Contents:

Part I Instantaneous Rate Of Change 5

1 Prom Night 7

2 Question Mark 21

3 Instantaneous Rate of Change 35

4 Rise and Fall 47

5 Life's Mighty Question 59

6 American Woman 75

7 Sympathy 83

8 Crash Test Dummy 89

Part II Many Dwelling Places 103

1 Liar, Liar, Liar 105

2 Breaking In 113

3 Three Tens and a Nine 124

4 Bad Papers 131

5 Talk Radio 140

6 Many Dwelling Places 150

7 Salon Ocampo 154

8 Black Market 159

9 Comal 163

10 Manhunt 171

11 Social Inequality 176

12 The Concept of Citizenship 189

13 Sorority Girls 197

14 Friendly Banter 203

15 Auto Theft 211

16 Machismo 216

17 Liberación 221

18 Physical Evidence 228

19 Portrait of a Pariah 234

20 Yo Pago Impuestos 241

21 Live From The Border 249

22 Caution 256

Part III Lo Que Pasó Pasó (What Happened Happened) 269

1 Headwaters 271

2 Tancredoland 292

3 Guilty As Charged 300

4 Well-Ordered Society 314

5 Blessing 325

6 Surprise Appearance 338

7 Gun Show 343

8 Laugh Now, Cry Later 348.

ISBN:

9781416538936

1416538933

9781416538981

1416538984

9781439166253

1439166250

OCLC:

298777035