If I Die in Juárez

If I Die in Juárez
Author: Stella Pope Duarte
Publisher:
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2008
Genre: Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)
ISBN: 9780816524921


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Duarte's latest novel is based on a string of real-life murders in Ciudad Jurez in the 1990s. Forced out of the house by her alcoholic mother, 13-year-old Evita takes to the streets, glimpsing newspaper columns about the murders, while struggling to survive. Petra, Evita's comely 19-year-old cousin, exchanges the country life for gritty Jurez to raise money for her ailing father. An acquaintance of Petra, Mayela, a 12-year-old Tarahumara Indian, lives in an orphanage where her artistic talent is discovered.


If I Die in Ju‡rez
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: Stella Pope Duarte
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

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Pages: 140
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Pages: 354
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Ciudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place w
The Daughters of Juarez
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Pages: 348
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The Dead Women of Juárez
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Sam Hawken
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-01-06 - Publisher: Profile Books

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