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American Tumbleweeds

Marta Elva

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Description:Inez’s family threatens to split in two when her father gets arrested smuggling marijuana into the U.S. The old ways cherished by her beloved Mexican grandmother offer refuge from the turmoil. But life in El Paso is far more exciting, as mini-skirts, rock music, and the sexual revolution shatter tradition on both sides of the border.Poised between two countries and hovering at the divide of childhood and womanhood, her fractured family no longer providing safe ground, Inez must choose whether to make the dangerous leap her parents never quite made, the leap faced by every new American: letting go of the old country to embrace a new destiny in the United States.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------With American Tumbleweeds, Marta Elva pulls us into the minds of a half-dozen members of a border family in crisis, dramatizing the state of living ni aqui, ni alla—neither here nor there geographically and emotionally. A moving first novel. — John Sayles, film director, author, and MacArthur fellowThe aptly named American Tumbleweeds depicts the balancing act some bi-cultural families must undertake to live in America. The characters indeed “tumble” back and forth over our southernmost border, forced to live in two worlds at once. This is an experience all Americans should know about.— Sonia Manzano, author of Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South BronxAmerican Tumbleweeds is an engrossing, enlightening portrayal of life along the Mexican–American border in the late 1960s. Marta Elva’s sensitive insights draw a straight line to family and societal issues in today’s headlines. — Annamaria Alfieri, author of Strange GodsMarta Elva’s debut novel, American Tumbleweeds, provides an engaging look at the human cost of the turbulent 1960s along the Mexican-American border. Deftly conveyed through the eyes of an innocent and vulnerable fourteen-year-old girl and her family, this well-written saga could just as easily reflect contemporary times. It is insightful, timely, and rich with meaning. — Pam Webber, author of The WiregrassMarta Elva’s American Tumbleweeds is both a moving coming-of-age story and a compelling tale of border intrigue that goes back in time to give a human face to some of the most divisive and hotly debated issues facing contemporary America. — Michael Winship, senior writer for Moyers & Company, PBSMarta Elva has written a coming-of-age novel that perfectly captures the feel, fear, fun and uncertainty of the late 1960s. I was hooked on this delightful story from the very first page. And the characters stayed with me long after the final word. — Melanie Payne, columnist “Tell Mel,” The News-Press, Fort Myers, FLWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Tumbleweeds. To get started finding American Tumbleweeds, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Circling Rivers

Release: 2016

ISBN: 1939530016

Description: Inez’s family threatens to split in two when her father gets arrested smuggling marijuana into the U.S. The old ways cherished by her beloved Mexican grandmother offer refuge from the turmoil. But life in El Paso is far more exciting, as mini-skirts, rock music, and the sexual revolution shatter tradition on both sides of the border.Poised between two countries and hovering at the divide of childhood and womanhood, her fractured family no longer providing safe ground, Inez must choose whether to make the dangerous leap her parents never quite made, the leap faced by every new American: letting go of the old country to embrace a new destiny in the United States.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------With American Tumbleweeds, Marta Elva pulls us into the minds of a half-dozen members of a border family in crisis, dramatizing the state of living ni aqui, ni alla—neither here nor there geographically and emotionally. A moving first novel. — John Sayles, film director, author, and MacArthur fellowThe aptly named American Tumbleweeds depicts the balancing act some bi-cultural families must undertake to live in America. The characters indeed “tumble” back and forth over our southernmost border, forced to live in two worlds at once. This is an experience all Americans should know about.— Sonia Manzano, author of Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South BronxAmerican Tumbleweeds is an engrossing, enlightening portrayal of life along the Mexican–American border in the late 1960s. Marta Elva’s sensitive insights draw a straight line to family and societal issues in today’s headlines. — Annamaria Alfieri, author of Strange GodsMarta Elva’s debut novel, American Tumbleweeds, provides an engaging look at the human cost of the turbulent 1960s along the Mexican-American border. Deftly conveyed through the eyes of an innocent and vulnerable fourteen-year-old girl and her family, this well-written saga could just as easily reflect contemporary times. It is insightful, timely, and rich with meaning. — Pam Webber, author of The WiregrassMarta Elva’s American Tumbleweeds is both a moving coming-of-age story and a compelling tale of border intrigue that goes back in time to give a human face to some of the most divisive and hotly debated issues facing contemporary America. — Michael Winship, senior writer for Moyers & Company, PBSMarta Elva has written a coming-of-age novel that perfectly captures the feel, fear, fun and uncertainty of the late 1960s. I was hooked on this delightful story from the very first page. And the characters stayed with me long after the final word. — Melanie Payne, columnist “Tell Mel,” The News-Press, Fort Myers, FLWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Tumbleweeds. To get started finding American Tumbleweeds, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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