Island of bones : essays / Joy Castro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castro, Joy.

Series:

American lives.

American lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English teachers--United States--Biography.

English teachers.

Jehovah's Witnesses--Biography.

Jehovah's Witnesses.

Abused children--United States--Biography.

Abused children.

Children of divorced parents--United States--Biography.

Children of divorced parents.

Castro, Joy--Family.

Castro, Joy.

Castro, Joy--Childhood and youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV>Joy Castro is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Department of English and the Institute for Ethnic Studies. Castro's first book, <I>The Truth Book: A Memoir</I> (available as a Nebraska Paperback), was named a Book Sense Notable Book by the American Booksellers Association, and her novel, <I>Hell or High Water</I>, was named a National Latino Book Club selection. <BR></DIV>

Contents:

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contnets ; Island of Bones; What My Mother Told MeWhen I Found Her; Clips of My Father's House; Turn of Faith; Getting Lost; In Theory; Farm Use; Hip Joints; No Más Monkey; Edging; Fitting; The Athens of the Midwest; You Can Avoid the Mistakes I Made; An Angle of Vision; Grip; Getting "Grip"; Hungry; On Becoming Educated; Vesper Adest; "¿Quién es ese Jimmy Choo?":A Latina Mother Comes of Age; Gratitude ; Source Acknowledgments ; Notes ; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613811677

9781282233935

1282233939

9780803271449

0803271441

OCLC:

804665238