| Description |
227 pages ; 21 cm |
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"Other titles : Best that you can do (Compilation)"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
"Primarily told from the perspective of women and children in the Northeast who are tethered to fathers and families in Puerto Rico, these stories explore the cultural confusion of being one person in two places - of having a mother who wants your father and his language to stay on his island but sends you there because you need to know your family. Loudly and joyfully filled with Cousins, Aunts, Grandparents, and budding romances, these stories are saturated in summer nostalgia, and place readers at the center of the table to enjoy family traditions and holidays: the resplendent and universal language of survival for displaced or broken families"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Quarter Rican. What she finds -- Buen provecho -- Quarter Rican -- Rerun -- Making a way -- What the mouth knows -- We ask why -- That island -- What the tide returns -- Feliz Navidad -- Before. Thankful Chinese -- Before -- Surely no -- You'll go -- We wander (ode ti Lisa Lisa) -- Summer says -- The best that you can do. Preferences -- Kitler -- My mother wins an oxugen tank at the casino, or, my mother makes an exception -- Everything -- So good to see you -- Forgive me -- Dutch -- Why not? -- Come Sunday -- Childhood, princesshood, motherhood -- Hunger memory -- Howl -- The best that you can do -- Diminishing returns -- Brat -- Minnow -- Second Sally -- Doing it -- Slip -- In the name of love -- Prone -- Value judgmenys -- Pursed -- Don't mention it -- Breathe. Breathe -- Discotheque of Negores -- Elevator -- Tears on tap -- Mean to me -- Karen -- Monument -- Dismissal -- Reminder -- Caretaking. Housegirl -- Caretaking -- Home care -- Mrs. McAllister -- What is left undone -- Long time coming -- Keepsake. |
| Subject |
Puerto Rican families -- Fiction.
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Puerto Ricans -- Fiction.
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Families -- Fiction.
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
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Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Short stories.
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| ISBN |
9781593767587 (pbk.) |
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1593767587 (pbk.) |
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