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A good provider is one who leaves : one family and migration in the 21st century /

When Jason DeParle moved in with Tita Comodas in the Manila slums thirty years ago, he didn't expect to make a lifelong friend. Nor did he expect to spend decades reporting on her family, husband, children and siblings, as they came to embody the stunning rise of global migration. In A Good Pro...

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Main Author:	DeParle, Jason (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Viking, [2019]
Subjects:	Comodas, Rosalie. Comodas, Rosalie > Family. Filipinos > United States > Biography. Immigrants > United States > Biography. Filipinos > Employment > Foreign countries. Foreign workers, Filipino > United States. United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 21st century. Emigration and immigration > History > 21st century.

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