The Block Captain's Daughter (Chicana and Chicano Visions of

The Block Captain's Daughter (Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Américas Series Book 11)

Guadalupe Anaya, a waitress, is pregnant. She is also the newly elected block captain of Sunflower Street, in charge of raising awareness of safety in her southeast Albuquerque neighborhood. Her campaign platform: God helps those who help themselves. While she waits for the baby, Lupe writes letters to her unborn child, whom she names Destiny. It is Lupeâ€™s dream that her daughter will be a writer, pushing a pen instead of a broom.

In this highly imaginative work of fiction by the acclaimed author of Mother Tongue, Demetria MartÃnez weaves a portrait of six unforgettable characters, whose lives intertwine through their activism as they seek to create a better world and find meaning in their own lives. At the center of this circle of friends is Lupe, and her heartfelt letters to Destiny punctuate the narrative. Until she crossed the border alone and without papers, Lupe worked in a maquiladora in Mexico. Rescued by strangers, she has made a family for herself among the kindhearted friends, swept up in various causes, who will be her daughterâ€™s godparents.

Deftly alternating between first-person and second-person narratives, conscious states and dream states, The Block Captainâ€™s Daughter is full of delightful surprises, even as it deals with universal themes of desire and risk, death and birth, and the powerful ties that bind us all together.
Country USA
Manufacturer University of Oklahoma Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-08-18
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of Oklahoma Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-08-18
Format	Kindle eBook

The Block Captain's Daughter (Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Américas Series Book 11)

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