Bibliograph

The death and life of Aida Hernandez, a border story, Aaron Bobrow-Strain

Type

Label

The death and life of Aida Hernandez, a border story, Aaron Bobrow-Strain

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-404)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The death and life of Aida Hernandez

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1080251499

Responsibility statement

Aaron Bobrow-Strain

Sub title

a border story

Table Of Contents

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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