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The death and life of Aida Hernandez : a border story

Bobrow-Strain, Aaron 1969- (author.). Hernandez, Aida (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 0374191972
  • ISBN: 9780374191979
  • 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.
Subject: Mexican-American Border Region
Immigrants Mexico Biography
Immigrants United States Biography
Mexicans United States Biography
Hernandez, Aida

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
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.
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 -

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