A lyrical and authentic book that recounts the story of a border-town family in Brownsville, Texas in the 1980's, as each member of the family desperately tries to assimilate and escape life on the border to become "real"ΠΒ Americans, even at the expense of their shared family history. This is really
Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir
β Scribed by Martinez, Domingo
- Book ID
- 107342157
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 287 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A lyrical and authentic book that recounts the story of a border-town family in Brownsville, Texas in the 1980's, as each member of the family desperately tries to assimilate and escape life on the border to become "real"ΠΒ Americans, even at the expense of their shared family history. This is really un-mined territory in the memoir genre that gives in-depth insight into a previously unexplored corner of America.
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