Mama Fela's Girls A Novel |
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Author:
| Baca, Ana |
ISBN: | 978-0-8263-4023-8 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2006 |
Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Mama Fela, a skilled seamstress, is the aging matriarch of the Romero clan in Santa Lucia, which is at the height of the Great Depression. Her six-year-old granddaughter and companion, Cipriana, delights in the Shirley Temple movies that occasionally come to the town's theatre. Through Cipriana's eyes, we see her parents' struggles over money.
Mama Fela, a skilled seamstress, is the aging matriarch of the Romero clan in Santa Lucia, which is at the height of the Great Depression. Her six-year-old granddaughter and companion, Cipriana, delights in the Shirley Temple movies that occasionally come to the town's theatre. Through Cipriana's eyes, we see her parents' struggles over money.