The Fifth Sun
Mary Helen Lagasse
The Fifth Sun - Curbstone Books - 360 pages
Winner of the 3rd Annual Miguel Mr̀mol Prize from Curbstone Press, Mary Helen Lagasse's The Fifth Sun is an inspiring story of an immigrant who struggles valiantly for a better life for herself and her family. The young Mexican woman, Mercedes, leaves her village to work as a housemaid in New Orleans. This fast-paced novel takes her through her adventures in New Orleans, her marriage, her struggle to raise her children, her deportation, and her attempt to re-cross the river and be reunited with her children.
9781931896054
53951022
2003027240
Mexico
PS3612.A38
813.6
The Fifth Sun - Curbstone Books - 360 pages
Winner of the 3rd Annual Miguel Mr̀mol Prize from Curbstone Press, Mary Helen Lagasse's The Fifth Sun is an inspiring story of an immigrant who struggles valiantly for a better life for herself and her family. The young Mexican woman, Mercedes, leaves her village to work as a housemaid in New Orleans. This fast-paced novel takes her through her adventures in New Orleans, her marriage, her struggle to raise her children, her deportation, and her attempt to re-cross the river and be reunited with her children.
9781931896054
53951022
2003027240
Mexico
PS3612.A38
813.6