wyszukanych pozycji: 3
Block Captain's Daughter
ISBN: 9780806142913 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Guadalupe Anaya, a waitress, is pregnant. She is also the newly elected block captain of Sunflower Street, in charge of raising awareness of safety in her southeast Albuquerque neighborhood. Her campaign platform: God helps those who help themselves. While she waits for the baby, Lupe writes letters to her unborn child, whom she names Destiny. It is Lupe s dream that her daughter will be a writer, pushing a pen instead of a broom.
In this highly imaginative work of fiction by the acclaimed author of Mother Tongue, Demetria Martinez weaves a portrait of six unforgettable characters,... Guadalupe Anaya, a waitress, is pregnant. She is also the newly elected block captain of Sunflower Street, in charge of raising awareness of safety in...
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65,30 zł |
Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana
ISBN: 9780806137223 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "We're everywhere, and it's time to come out of the closet: I speak of the tongue-tied generation, buyers of books with titles like Master Spanish in Ten Minutes a Day while You Nap. . . . We grew up listening to the language--usually in the kitchens of extended family--but we answered back mostly in English." Demetria Martinez wields her trademark blend of humor and irony to give voice to her own "tongue-tied generation" in this notable series of essays, revealing her deeply personal views of the world. Martinez breaks down the barriers between prayer and action, between the... "We're everywhere, and it's time to come out of the closet: I speak of the tongue-tied generation, buyers of books with titles like Master Spani... |
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87,14 zł |
Mother Tongue
ISBN: 9780345416568 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "It is a great beauty of a book, and I am so proud of you for standing with and for the disappeared. A sister, a lover, a witness."
--Alice Walker Mary is nineteen and living alone in Albuquerque. Adrift in the wake of her mother's death, she longs for something meaningful to take her over. Then Jose Luis enters her life. A refugee from El Salvador and its bloody civil war, Jose has been smuggled to the United States as part of the sanctuary movement. Mary cannot help but fall in love with the movement and the man. And little by little, she begins to reveal to Jose Luis the part of... "It is a great beauty of a book, and I am so proud of you for standing with and for the disappeared. A sister, a lover, a witness."
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82,99 zł |