The Mango Bride - Couverture souple

Soliven, Marivi

 
9780451239846: The Mango Bride
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0451239849 ISBN 13 : 9780451239846
Editeur : Berkley, 2013

Synopsis

Two women, two cultures, and the fight to find a new life in America, despite the secrets of the past…


Banished by her wealthy Filipino family in Manila, Amparo Guerrero travels to Oakland, California, to forge a new life.  Although her mother labels her life in exile a diminished one, Amparo believes her struggles are a small price to pay for freedom.


Like Amparo, Beverly Obejas—an impoverished Filipina waitress—forsakes Manila and comes to Oakland as a mail-order bride in search of a better life. Yet even in the land of plenty, Beverly fails to find the happiness and prosperity she envisioned.


As Amparo works to build the immigrant’s dream, she becomes entangled in the chaos of Beverly’s immigrant nightmare. Their unexpected collision forces them both to make terrible choices and confront a life-changing secret, but through it all they hold fast to family, in all its enduring and surprising transformations.

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À propos de l?auteur

Like her main character, Marivi Soliven moved from the Philippines to California, where she now lives and works as an interpreter. Several of her short stories and essays from her 16 books have appeared in anthologies and she taught creative writing at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, the Ayala Museum and the University of California at San Diego. This is her first novel.

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Éditeur
Berkley
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0451239849
ISBN 13 
9780451239846
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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