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(0)Claire Jimenez
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"The Ramirez women of Staten Island orbit around absence. When thirteen year old middle child Ruthy disappeared after track practice without a trace, it left the family scarred and scrambling. One night, twelve years later, oldest sister Jessica spots a woman on her TV screen in Catfight, a raunchy reality show. She rushes to tell her younger sister, Nina: This woman's hair is dyed red, and she calls herself Ruby, but the beauty mark under her left...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This collection of tragicomic short stories, whose form is inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, feature various inhabitants of Staten Island, New York City's so-called forgotten borough. The collection travels across time through the voices of working-class folks to explore defining moments in the island's history and in US history"--
"New York City's Staten Island is often described as the forgotten borough. But with Staten Island...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"Las Ramírez de Stanten Islan orbitan alrededor de la ausencia. Cuando Ruthy, a los trece años, desapareció sin dejar rastro después de un entrenamiento de atletismo, su familia quedó marcada y deshecha. Una noche, doce años después, Jessica, la hermana mayor, ve en la pantalla de su televisión a una mujer que aparece en Catfight, un reality show subido de tono. Se apresura a decírselo a Nina, su hermana menor. El pelo de esta mujer está...