In the country : stories
Book
First edition.
"A powerful, globe-trotting debut short-story collection from an exciting new writer--vivid, character-driven stories about Filipinos from every walk of life. Mia Alvar's stunning debut gives us a vivid, insightful picture of the Filipino diaspora: exiles and emigrants and wanderers uprooting their families to begin new lives in the Middle East and America--and, sometimes, turning back. One man smuggles drugs from his pharmacy in New York to Manila for his ailing father, only to discover an alarming truth about his mother. A woman living in Bahrain faces a challenge that compels her to question her marriage. A college student in Manila struggling to write fiction knows that her brother, who has gone abroad to make money, is the one living a life that stories are made of. The novella-length title story follows the unexpected fates of a journalist and a nurse during the 1970s labor strikes in Manila. Exploring the universal experience of loss, displacement, and the longing to connect across borders both real and imagined, In the Country speaks to the heart of everyone who has ever searched for a place to call home"--
Available copies
- 11 of 11 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
0 current holds with 11 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
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| Bedford Free Library | PBK A (Text) Paperback |
31002150695285 |
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| Bronxville Public Library | SHORT STORY ALVAR (Text) Short Stories |
31004151500936 |
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| Chappaqua Library | FICTION ALVAR (Text) Fiction |
31005500397254 |
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| Croton Free Library | PB FIC/ALVAR (Text) Paperback |
31006151513223 |
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| Greenburgh Public Library | ALVAR (Text) Fiction |
31009154221679 |
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| Harrison Public Library | ALVAR, M. (Text) Fiction |
31010300034180 |
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| Hendrick Hudson Free Library | ALVAR, MIA (Text) Fiction |
31016151523452 |
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| Irvington Public Library | FIC ALVAR, M (Text) Fiction |
31012154186850 |
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| Larchmont Public Library | ALVAR (Text) Fiction |
31014152299339 |
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| Mount Kisco Public Library | SHORT STORIES ALVAR (Text) Short Stories |
31017151698732 |
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