Description:Four Mexican-American girls grow up in Central California. Amid poverty, family strife, and moral challenges, they struggle between the cultural values of their immigrant, farm-working parents and finding their own identities. Based on true stories, the family secrets hovering below the surface and the conflicts they faced ring true with the #MeToo movement & the American treatment of immigrants.Mary Gutiérrez naively runs away with a fieldhand. How will her traditional family react? Mary Rendón and her brother follow the crops until their father deserts the family. Where will they find security? Mary Jiménez’s godfather visits. How will his actions affect her future? Mary Pérez quietly pursues her studies. Will her parents’ wish for her to have a better life come true? Elizabeth Stone O’Neill & Adele Nova O’Neill, retired teachers, formed a mother-daughter writing team who co-authored several books, including this novel based on the poignant experiences Elizabeth's students confided to her during the 1960s. Sadly, while working together in Mexico in 2020, Elizabeth wrote her final chapter.We 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 A Song of Four Marys. To get started finding A Song of Four Marys, 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.
Description: Four Mexican-American girls grow up in Central California. Amid poverty, family strife, and moral challenges, they struggle between the cultural values of their immigrant, farm-working parents and finding their own identities. Based on true stories, the family secrets hovering below the surface and the conflicts they faced ring true with the #MeToo movement & the American treatment of immigrants.Mary Gutiérrez naively runs away with a fieldhand. How will her traditional family react? Mary Rendón and her brother follow the crops until their father deserts the family. Where will they find security? Mary Jiménez’s godfather visits. How will his actions affect her future? Mary Pérez quietly pursues her studies. Will her parents’ wish for her to have a better life come true? Elizabeth Stone O’Neill & Adele Nova O’Neill, retired teachers, formed a mother-daughter writing team who co-authored several books, including this novel based on the poignant experiences Elizabeth's students confided to her during the 1960s. Sadly, while working together in Mexico in 2020, Elizabeth wrote her final chapter.We 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 A Song of Four Marys. To get started finding A Song of Four Marys, 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.