The mango bride / Marivi Soliven.
2013
PS3619.O4327 M36 2013 (Mapit)
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The mango bride / Marivi Soliven.
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ISBN
9780451239846 paperback
0451239849 paperback
0451239849 paperback
Publication Details
New York : NAL Accent, c2013.
Language
English
Description
viii, 341 p. ; 21 cm
Call Number
PS3619.O4327 M36 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.6
Summary
Banished by her wealthy Filipino family in Manila, Amparo Guerrero travels to Oakland, California, to forge a new life. Although her mother labels her life in exile a diminished one, Amparo believes her struggles are a small price to pay for freedom. Like Amparo, Beverly Obejas an impoverished Filipina waitress forsakes Manila and comes to Oakland as a mail-order bride in search of a better life. Yet even in the land of plenty, Beverly fails to find the happiness and prosperity she envisioned. As Amparo works to build the immigrants dream, she becomes entangled in the chaos of Beverlys immigrant nightmare. Their unexpected collision forces them both to make terrible choices and confront a life-changing secret, but through it all they hold fast to family, in all its enduring and surprising transformations.
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