Island of bones : essays / / Joy Castro

• Autore: Castro Joy
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
• Disciplina: 420/.92; B
• Soggetto topico: English teachers - United States; Jehovah's Witnesses; Abused children - United States; Children of divorced parents - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contnets ; Island of Bones; What My Mother Told MeWhen I Found Her; Clips of My Father's House; Turn of Faith; Getting Lost; In Theory; Farm Use; Hip Joints; No Más Monkey; Edging; Fitting; The Athens of the Midwest; You Can Avoid the Mistakes I Made; An Angle of Vision; Grip; Getting "Grip"; Hungry; On Becoming Educated; Vesper Adest; "¿Quién es ese Jimmy Choo?":A Latina Mother Comes of Age; Gratitude ; Source Acknowledgments ; Notes ; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: <DIV>Joy Castro is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Department of English and the Institute for Ethnic Studies. Castro's first book, <I>The Truth Book: A Memoir</I> (available as a Nebraska Paperback), was named a Book Sense Notable Book by the American Booksellers Association, and her novel, <I>Hell or High Water</I>, was named a National Latino Book Club selection. <BR></DIV>
• Titolo autorizzato: Island of bones
• ISBN: 1-282-23393-9; 9786613811677; 0-8032-7144-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813498403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American lives.