Cuando una mujer se levanta /
"In the Maya township of Chenalhó in Chiapas, Veronica, a teenage girl is recovering from a disastrous early marriage. Spurred on by a community program of women telling their stories, she asks her mother Magdalena to record the story of her growing up and that of best friend, Lucia. She tells...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Language Notes: | Text in Spanish. |
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El Paso, Texas :
Cinco Puntos Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | Primera edicion. |
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| Summary: | "In the Maya township of Chenalhó in Chiapas, Veronica, a teenage girl is recovering from a disastrous early marriage. Spurred on by a community program of women telling their stories, she asks her mother Magdalena to record the story of her growing up and that of best friend, Lucia. She tells how, as young girls, they yearned to be teachers. How poverty, cultural beliefs, and gender roles stole away their dreams. Magdalena married and bore children, finding expression as a community organizer. Lucia's path diverged radically. Her gift was to be a healing woman, but without knowing how or why, she fell in love with a nun. Distraught, she joined the Zapatistas and struggled with alcoholism. Through it all, Magdalena and Lucia maintained their deep friendship. Then Lucia went north to work in the fields and disappeared. Veronica, with her mother's help, will carry this understanding into the future"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: When a woman rises, 2018. |
| Physical Description: | 220 pages : map ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781947627406 1947627406 |