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English
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Description
Three grown sisters, Maribel, Leticia and Carmen try to cope and live with the fact that their father Martin, a veteran chef, is slowly losing his sense of taste. Martin has one simple rule: be at home for Sunday dinner and attendance is both mandatory and non-negotiable. A rift in the family develops when the sisters develop relationships and an obnoxious woman sets her sights on Martin's affections.. Winner of Best Supporting Actress in a Motion...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 99 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Español
Description
Based on Tomas Rivera's classic novella, this is a beautiful and moving account of a family of Mexican-American migrant workers in the 1950's.
4) My family
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the lives of three generations of Mexican Americans.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author recalls his childhood in the mountains and valleys of California with his farmworker parents who inspired him with poetry and song.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
For the first time in years the entire Rodriguez clan comes home to Chicago to celebrate Christmas where traditions will be celebrated. During the course of this eventful week they will celebrate one member's safe return from Iraq, secrets will be revealed, old resentments forgotten, each family member will learn something about themselves and each other, and the healing power of laughter will work its magic.
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he's already dead--an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding day. Her husband, Martin, still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years ago, confesses that he never knew the old man had died. So Omar asks Isabel for the impossible: persuade Omar's family--especially his wife, Elda--to let him redeem himself
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When college students Marcus and Lucia make a surprise engagement announcement, their feuding fathers threaten to turn a dream wedding into a battle royal. Throw in eccentric relatives and clashing cultures, and you've got a recipe for laugh-out-loud lunacy and nonstop fun!
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol, a division of Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"There is one every generation, a seer who keeps the stories. Luz "Little Light" Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, is left to fend for herself after her older brother, Diego, a snake charmer and factory worker, is run out of town by a violent white mob. As Luz navigates 1930s Denver, she begins to have visions that transport her to her Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory. Luz recollects her ancestors' origins, how her family flourished,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
Julia no es la perfecta hija mexicana. Ese era el papel de su hermana Olga, quien no fue a la universidad, se quedó en casa para cuidar de sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sueños y no quiere el camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle más concurrida de Chicago, resulta en la muerte de Olga, dejando atrás a Julia...
Author
Publisher
Noguer y Caralt
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
189 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.
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