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Gringolandia : a novel / Lyn Miller-Lachmann.

Van Pelt Library PZ7.M6392 Gri 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Miller-Lachmann, Lyn, 1956-
Contributor:
Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Fathers and sons.
Politics and government.
Chilean Americans.
Chile.
Political activists--Fiction.
Political activists.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--Fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Journalists--Fiction.
Journalists.
Chilean Americans--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
People with disabilities.
Chile--Politics and government--1973-1988--Fiction.
Madison (Wis.)--Fiction.
Madison (Wis.).
Genre:
Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Proofs (Printing)
Historical fiction.
Physical Description:
279 pages ; 23 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Willimantic, CT : Curbstone Press, 2009.
Summary:
In 1986, when seventeen-year-old Daniel's father arrives in Madison, Wisconsin, after five years of torture as a political prisoner in Chile, Daniel and his eighteen-year-old "gringa" girlfriend, Courtney, use different methods to help this bitter, self-destructive stranger who yearns to return home and continue his work.
Notes:
Companion to Surviving Santiago.
Includes bibliographical references (page 281).
ISBN:
9781931896498
1931896496
OCLC:
258767482
Publisher Number:
99987196936

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