My Mother's Funeral

My Mother's Funeral circles around the death of the author's mother, but what also emerges is a landscape of personal loss and pain, of innocence, humor, violence and beauty. Drawing heavily upon her childhood experiences and Colombian heritage, Páramo describes the volatile bond linking...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Paramo, Adriana
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Fort Lee, NJ : Cavankerry, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Páramo, Adriana, > 1966-
Páramo, Adriana, > 1966- > Family.
Mothers and daughters.
Families.
Colombians.
Colombian Americans.
Meres et filles > Colombie > Biographies.
Mothers and daughters > Colombia > Biography.
Colombian Americans > Colombia > Biography.
Colombians > Biography.
Colombia.
Colombia > Biography.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:My Mother's Funeral circles around the death of the author's mother, but what also emerges is a landscape of personal loss and pain, of innocence, humor, violence and beauty. Drawing heavily upon her childhood experiences and Colombian heritage, Páramo describes the volatile bond linking mothers and daughters in a culture largely unknown to Americans. The book moves between past (Colombia in the 1940s) and present lives, and maps scenes both geographical (Bogotá, Medellín, Anchorage) as well as psychological--ultimately revealing the indomitable spirit of the women in her family. Especially fr.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (274 pages).
ISBN:9781933880549

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