When a woman rises / Christine Eber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eber, Christine Engla, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tzotzil women--Mexico--Chenalhó--Social conditions--Fiction.

Tzotzil women.

Social conditions.

Chenalhó (Mexico)--Social conditions--Fiction.

Chenalhó (Mexico).

Mexico--Chenalhó.

Genre:

Novels.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

194 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

El Paso, Texas : Cinco Puntos Press, [2018]

Summary:

"When a woman rises--no man is left behind and a community is nourished. In the Maya township of Chenalhó in Chiapas, Veronica, a teenage girl, is recovering from a disastrous early marriage. Spurred on by a community program of women telling their stories, she asks her mother Magdalena to record the story of her growing up and that of best friend, Lucia. Magdalena, step by step, day by day, summons the soul of her comadre who has disappeared. She tells how, as young girls, they yearned to be teachers. How poverty, cultural beliefs, and gender roles stole away their dreams. Magdalena married and bore children, finding expression as a community organizer. Lucia's path diverged radically. Her gift was to be a healing woman, but without knowing how or why, she fell in love with a nun. Distraught, she joined the Zapatistas and struggled with alcoholism. Through it all, Magdalena and Lucia maintained their deep friendship. Then Lucia went north to work in the fields and disappeared. Veronica, with her mother's help, will carry this understanding into the future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

We Begin

Friends

A dream like no other

My cousin Rosa

Graduation day

Our path forks.

ISBN:

9781941026779

194102677X

9781941026847

1941026842

OCLC:

989995880