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The cruel country / Judith Ortiz Cofer.
LIBRA PS3565.R7737 Z46 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952-2016, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952-2016.
- Cofer, Judith Ortiz.
- Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952-2016--Family.
- Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952-2016--Travel--Puerto Rico.
- Mothers and daughters--Puerto Rico.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Mothers--Puerto Rico--Death.
- Mothers.
- Grief.
- Puerto Ricans--Ethnic identity.
- Puerto Ricans.
- Transnationalism--Psychological aspects.
- Transnationalism.
- Psychological aspects.
- Death.
- Travel.
- Families.
- Puerto Rico--Social life and customs.
- Puerto Rico.
- Manners and customs.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 226 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [[2015]
- Summary:
- "The Cruel Country is a memoir centered around the author's journey to Puerto Rico after her mother had been diagnosed with late stage lung cancer. The story takes us through Cofer's journey as she sits by the her mother's hospital bed during the last moments of her life, through the grieving process and Catholic funereal rites that follow her mother's death and her return to her life in the U.S. Cofer's writerly talents richly inform this narrative meditation on her family's life in Puerto Rico and the States, her frantic research on cancer, considerations of Catholicism, family, and culture , and much more. The book at the same time is very much a study of cultural differences and the balance that the author must find as a Puerto-Rican American, not wholly part of her mother's culture. We see this come to a head as she communicates with doctors, participates in funeral arrangements and sacraments, and recollects her Anglo husband John's father's death. This very personal story about the author's life will resonate with Cofer's legions of fans including students and those interested in memoir, ethnic and cultural crossings, spirituality, loss, grief, and reconciliation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780820347639
- 0820347639
- OCLC:
- 892432258
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