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The son of good fortune : a novel / Lysley Tenorio.
Van Pelt Library PS3620.E57 S66 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tenorio, Lysley A., 1972- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Family secrets--Fiction.
- Family secrets.
- Filipinos.
- United States.
- Noncitizens--Fiction.
- Noncitizens.
- Illegal immigration--Fiction.
- Illegal immigration.
- Filipinos--United States--Fiction.
- California--Fiction.
- California.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- Physical Description:
- 290 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Summary:
- "An undocumented Filipino teenager redefines his relationships with his mother, his culture, and the place he calls home"-- Provided by publisher.
- Excel spends his days trying to seem like an unremarkable American teenager, he carefully avoids the spotlight. But Excel knows that his family is far from normal. His mother, Maxima, was once a Filipina B-movie action star who now makes her living scamming men online. The old man they live with is not his grandfather, but Maxima's lifelong martial arts trainer. And years ago, on Excel's tenth birthday, Maxima revealed a secret that he must keep forever. "We are 'TNT'--tago ng tago," she told him, "hiding and hiding." Excel is undocumented--and one accidental slip could uproot his entire life.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Tenorio, Lysley. The son of good fortune.
- ISBN:
- 9780062059574
- 0062059572
- 9780062059598
- 0062059599
- OCLC:
- 1122797506
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