The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez : : a Border Story
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Prologue: the death of aida hernandez -- 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 -- Trauma red -- Hunger is worse -- Madera -- Exile and belonging -- La roca -- The railroad yard -- The black palace -- Trauma red -- 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 -- 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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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2019]
Year Published: 2019
Description: 416 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374191979
0374191972
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Hernandez, Aida.
SUBJECTS
Hernandez, Aida.
Mexicans -- Biography.
Immigrants -- Biography.
Immigrants -- Mexico -- Biography.
Mexican-American Border Region.