The death and life of Aida Hernandez : a border story
Record details
- ISBN: 0374191972
- ISBN: 9780374191979
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Physical Description:
416 pages ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2019]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-404). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: The death of Aida Hernandez -- PART 1: No country for young women -- Girl in a labyrinth -- English without barriers -- A sudden storm -- Miles of wall and no time to sleep -- The new millennium, her own quiet war -- Better living through border security -- Dance steps -- American dreaming -- No country for young women -- PART 2: Trauma red -- Hunger is worse -- Madera -- Exile and belonging -- La roca -- The railroad yard -- The black palace -- Trauma red -- PART 3: Slipknot -- Lucky Ema -- All the monsters at once -- The healer -- Leaving the world and fighting to rejoin it -- The "Show me your papers" state -- What care can do -- Slipknot -- PART 4: Going away to come back -- Ema's journey -- The underworld -- Aida's voice -- Aida and Ema -- Going away to come back -- To Battery Park -- Epilogue: the life of Aida Hernandez -- About this book -- Notes -- Glossary of Spanish terms used in the text -- Explanation of terminology -- Acknowledgments. |
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Subject: | Hernandez, Aida Mexicans United States Biography Immigrants United States Biography Immigrants Mexico Biography Mexican-American Border Region |
Available copies
- 11 of 11 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Altoona Area Public Library | 972 BOB (Text) | 33240004914167 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Ellwood City Area Public Library | 92 Hernandez (Text)
Memorial:
Patricia A. "Pat" Turner given by Rebecca Martin, Barbara Britt, Debbie Keegan, Jan Weir and Maggie Mitchell.
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32102000866018 | ECAM Biography | Available | - |
Emmaus Public Library | 972.1 BOBR (Text) | 36446001987612 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Highland Community Library | 972.1 BOB (Text) | 35610000954904 | HGHM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Biography Hernandez (Text) | 39427103340477 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Biography | Available | - |
Martin Library | Adults HERNANDEZ Biography (Text) | 33454005670294 | 2nd Floor | Available | - |
Parkland Community Library | 972.1 BOB (Text) | 34422007117704 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County | Adults Hernandez Biography (Text) | 34318001156559 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Barrett Paradise Friendly Library | B Her (Text) | 37171000013041 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Dimmick Main Library | B HERNANDEZ (PSEUDONYM) (Text) | 304441003384316 | Balcony | Available | - |