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Title: The Flower in the Skull by Kathleen Alcala ISBN: 0-15-600634-0 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Haunting, Beautiful Book
Comment: Kathleen Alcala's "The Flower in the Skull" is a haunting, beautiful and well-researched novel that begins deep in Mexico's Sonoran Desert in the late 1800s and follows three generations of women up to the present. Alcala's language is clear, evocative and, at times, heart-wrenching as she tells this story of diaspora, lost family connections and personal discovery. One of the most moving chapters (titled, "The Girl in the Closet") is Alcala at her best as she captures the almost overwhelming fears of a woman beaten down by the sexual transgressions of her employer: "If I just stay here, I will be fine. Before I shut the door, I got a box of crackers from the kitchen, so I will be fine." This is a powerful novel.
Rating: 5
Summary: Adapting to new worlds is not an easy task
Comment: In Flower in the Skull we see three generations of women trying to adapt to their sorroundings and at the same time make sense of their past. This is no easy task but the characters make an effort, and although they are not always totally happy, they manage to make it on their own. A very good book, very honest and informative.
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Title: Treasures in Heaven by Kathleen Alcala ISBN: 0810120364 Publisher: Northwestern Publishing House Pub. Date: 19 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Spirits of the Ordinary: A Tale of Casas Grandes by Kathleen Alcala ISBN: 0156005689 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Rain God: A Desert Tale by Arturo Islas ISBN: 0380763931 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border by Luis Alberto Urrea, John Lueders-Booth ISBN: 0385425309 Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 12 January, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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