Ghosts of El Grullo
A novel in which a young woman returning to her family’s Mexican hometown confronts memory, family rupture, and identity.
Work Information
A search for the shape of family memory amid loss and change.
Patricia Santana’s second novel follows a family rupture and a return home to explore coming of age and cultural belonging.
Book Information
- Publisher
- UNM Press
- Published
- 2023-09-22
- Pages
- 296 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.24 x 1.7 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780826344106
- ISBN-10
- 0826344100
- Price
- 7961 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Genre Fiction/Historical
A sequel to Santana's acclaimed Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility , Ghosts of El Grullo follows Yolanda Sahagún as she struggles to find her place in her family and the world.
Patricia Santana is the chair of the foreign languages department and a professor of Spanish at Cuyamaca College, El Cajon, California. Her earlier book, Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility (UNM Press), received the Chicano/Latino Literary Prize and was selected by the American Library Association as a Best Book for Young Adults.
Reviews
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Five Stars
Loved this book! I also wish there was one in Spanish, I would love for my mom to read it we are from El Grullo Jal
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Five Stars
Great reading!