Description
A brilliant and innovative take on an issue close to the hearts and minds of families who have one foot planted firmly on both sides of the border. It is a deportation story in reverse: a bold re-envisioning with unexpected consequences, mystery, and insight.--Tim Z. Hernandez, author of Ma ana Means Heaven
After Wopper Barraza's fourth drunk driving violation, the judge orders his immediate deportation. But I haven't been there since I was a little kid, says Wopper, whose parents brought him to California when he was three years old. Now he has to move back to Michoac n. When he learns that his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, the future looks even more uncertain. Wopper's story unfolds as life in a rural village takes him in new and unexpected directions.
This immigrant saga in reverse is a story of young people who must live with the reality of their parents' dream. We know this story from the headlines, but up to now it has been unexplored literary territory.
Author: Maceo Montoya
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 02/15/2014
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.61w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780826354365
ISBN10: 082635436X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | General