The Resource Where we come from : a novel, Oscar Cásares
Where we come from : a novel, Oscar Cásares
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The item Where we come from : a novel, Oscar Cásares represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 9 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Where we come from : a novel, Oscar Cásares represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 9 library branches.
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- Summary
- "From the acclaimed author of Brownsville and Amigoland--a stunning and timely new novel about a Mexican-American family in a Texas border town who reluctantly become involved in smuggling immigrants into the United States. Brownsville, Texas, has a dangerous reputation: it sits on the U.S. side of the bridge into Matamoros, Mexico, a city controlled by notorious cartels. But that isn't why 12-year-old Orly doesn't want to visit. Though he's still grieving the death of his mother, his father, Victor, is making him spend the summer in Brownsville with his godmother, Nina. Now a successful ad executive in Houston, Victor was raised in Brownsville and thinks it will do Orly good to know about his less-privileged roots. But Nina, distracted by having to care for her elderly mother, seems only to have rules for Orly. In particular: Don't go near the back house. . . Nina has spent her own life following rules and sacrificing her own desires for others' needs. But when a single act of kindness toward her desperate Mexican cleaning lady begins to spiral out of control, Nina risks exposure from all sides--not only from her curious godson and her controlling brother, but from ruthless human traffickers and the police. Now, Nina will have to face the secrets she's long kept if she has any hope of helping the people suddenly under her care. Tackling the crisis of U.S. immigration policy from an unusual, deeply humane angle, Where We Come From explores the ways that family history shapes us, how secrets can burden us, and how finding compassion and understanding for others can ultimately set us free"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Note
- "Borzoi books."
- Isbn
- 9780525655435
- Label
- Where we come from : a novel
- Title
- Where we come from
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Oscar Cásares
- Subject
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- Human smuggling -- Fiction
- trueMexican American boys
- Mexican Americans -- Fiction
- trueMexican-American Border Region
- trueMothers -- Death
- Novels
- Novels
- trueSecrecy
- trueSecrets
- trueTexas
- trueUndocumented immigrants
- trueWomen retirees
- trueBorder patrol agents
- trueBoys -- Friendship
- Brownsville (Tex.) -- Fiction
- trueExtended families
- FICTION / Family Life
- FICTION / Literary
- Families -- Fiction
- trueGodmothers
- trueHiding
- trueHispanic Americans
- trueHuman trafficking victims
- trueImmigration and emigration
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the acclaimed author of Brownsville and Amigoland--a stunning and timely new novel about a Mexican-American family in a Texas border town who reluctantly become involved in smuggling immigrants into the United States. Brownsville, Texas, has a dangerous reputation: it sits on the U.S. side of the bridge into Matamoros, Mexico, a city controlled by notorious cartels. But that isn't why 12-year-old Orly doesn't want to visit. Though he's still grieving the death of his mother, his father, Victor, is making him spend the summer in Brownsville with his godmother, Nina. Now a successful ad executive in Houston, Victor was raised in Brownsville and thinks it will do Orly good to know about his less-privileged roots. But Nina, distracted by having to care for her elderly mother, seems only to have rules for Orly. In particular: Don't go near the back house. . . Nina has spent her own life following rules and sacrificing her own desires for others' needs. But when a single act of kindness toward her desperate Mexican cleaning lady begins to spiral out of control, Nina risks exposure from all sides--not only from her curious godson and her controlling brother, but from ruthless human traffickers and the police. Now, Nina will have to face the secrets she's long kept if she has any hope of helping the people suddenly under her care. Tackling the crisis of U.S. immigration policy from an unusual, deeply humane angle, Where We Come From explores the ways that family history shapes us, how secrets can burden us, and how finding compassion and understanding for others can ultimately set us free"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10775885
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cásares, Oscar
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- FICTION / Family Life
- FICTION / Literary
- Human smuggling
- Families
- Mexican Americans
- Brownsville (Tex.)
- Label
- Where we come from : a novel, Oscar Cásares
- Note
- "Borzoi books."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1052904757
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525655435
- Lccn
- 2018043234
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1052904757
- Label
- Where we come from : a novel, Oscar Cásares
- Note
- "Borzoi books."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1052904757
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525655435
- Lccn
- 2018043234
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1052904757
Subject
- Human smuggling -- Fiction
- trueMexican American boys
- Mexican Americans -- Fiction
- trueMexican-American Border Region
- trueMothers -- Death
- Novels
- Novels
- trueSecrecy
- trueSecrets
- trueTexas
- trueUndocumented immigrants
- trueWomen retirees
- trueBorder patrol agents
- trueBoys -- Friendship
- Brownsville (Tex.) -- Fiction
- trueExtended families
- FICTION / Family Life
- FICTION / Literary
- Families -- Fiction
- trueGodmothers
- trueHiding
- trueHispanic Americans
- trueHuman trafficking victims
- trueImmigration and emigration
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