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Fruit of the drunken tree [large print] / by Rojas Contreras, Ingrid,author.(CARDINAL)355775;

Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogota. But threats of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the walls, where drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities. When their mother hires a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona, whose unusual behavior belies more than shyness. In lush prose, Rojas Contreras contrasts two very different, but inextricably linked, coming-of-age stories.--back cover

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Violence; Families; Teenage girls; Sisters;

Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7

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Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel / by Rojas Contreras, Ingrid,author.(CARDINAL)355775;

A mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal. Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricable coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, Rojas Contreras sheds light on the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation.890L

Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Violence; Families; Teenage girls; Sisters;

Available copies: 33 / Total copies: 34

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The man who could move clouds : a memoir / by Rojas Contreras, Ingrid,author.(CARDINAL)355775;

"For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in the Colombia of the 1980's and 1990's in a house where "what did you dream?" was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy and violence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move the clouds. As a young girl, Rojas Contreras eavesdropped on her mother's fortune-telling business from the stairs and waited eagerly for the moments when Mami appeared in two places at once. She was accustomed to "letting the ghosts in." So when Ingrid, now living in the U.S., suffered a head injury in her 20's that left her with amnesia--an accident eerily similar to a fall that had put her mother in a coma at the age of 8, from which she woke with not just amnesia, but the ability to see ghosts--the family assumes "the secrets" have finally been passed down to the next generation. But as Ingrid recovers her memories, they don't come with supernatural abilities. Rather, she is consumed by a powerful urge to learn even more about her heritage than she knew before the accident. Spurred by a shared dream among Mami and her sisters, wherein Nono communicates that he is unable to rest peacefully in the afterlife, Ingrid joins her mother on a journey home to Colombia to disinter her grandfather's remains. With her mother as her unpredictable, stubborn and often hilarious guide, Ingrid traces her lineage back to her indigenous and Spanish roots, uncovering the violent and rigid colonial narrative that would eventually break her family into two camps: those who believe "the secrets" are a gift, and those who are convinced they are a curse. Interweaving family stories more enchanting than any novel, resurrected Colombian history, and her own deeply personal reckonings with the bounds of reality, Rojas Contreras writes her way through the incomprehensible and into her inheritance. The result is a luminous testament to the power of storytelling as a healing art and an invitation to embrace the extraordinary"--

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Travel writing.; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid.; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid; Hispanic American authors; Colombian Americans; Mothers and daughters; Amnesiacs.; Grandfathers; Healers;

Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 22

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La fruta del borrachero / by Rojas Contreras, Ingrid,author.(CARDINAL)355775; Arreola, Guillermo,translator.(CARDINAL)786982;

"When women of color write history, we see the world as we have never seen it before. In Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras honors the lives of girls who witness war. Brava! I was swept up by this story." --SANDRA CISNEROS, author of The House on Mango Street A mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal. Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricable coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, Rojas Contreras sheds light on the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation."

Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Violence; Teenage girls; Sisters; Spanish language materials.;

Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10

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El hombre que movía las nubes : memorias / by Rojas Contreras, Ingrid,author.(CARDINAL)355775; Guhl, Mercedes,translator.(CARDINAL)431837;

"For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in the Colombia of the 1980s and 1990s in a house where "what did you dream?" was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy and violence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move the clouds. As a young girl, Rojas Contreras eavesdropped on her mother's fortune-telling business from the stairs and waited eagerly for the moments when Mami appeared in two places at once. She was accustomed to "letting the ghosts in." So when Ingrid, now living in the U.S., suffered a head injury in her 20s that left her with amnesia-an accident eerily similar to a fall that had put her mother in a coma at the age of 8, from which she woke with not just amnesia, but the ability to see ghosts--the family assumes "the secrets" have finally been passed down to the next generation. But as Ingrid recovers her memories, they don't come with supernatural abilities. Rather, she is consumed by a powerful urge to learn even more about her heritage than she knew before the accident. Spurred by a shared dream among Mami and her sisters, wherein Nono communicates that he is unable to rest peacefully in the afterlife, Ingrid joins her mother on a journey home to Colombia to disinter her grandfather's remains. With her mother as her unpredictable, stubborn and often hilarious guide, Ingrid traces her lineage back to her indigenous and Spanish roots, uncovering the violent and rigid colonial narrative that would eventually break her family into two camps: those who believe "the secrets" are a gift, and those who are convinced they are a curse. Interweaving family stories more enchanting than any novel, resurrected Colombian history, and her own deeply personal reckonings with the bounds of reality, Rojas Contreras writes her way through the incomprehensible and into her inheritance. The result is a luminous testament to the power of storytelling as a healing art and an invitation to embrace the extraordinary"--"Para Ingrid Rojas Contreras, la magia viene de familia. Al crecer en la Colombia de los años 80 y 90 en una casa donde se preguntaba "¿qué soñaste?" en lugar de "¿cómo estás?", su mundo estaba lleno de profecías. y la violencia. Su abuelo materno, Nono, era un renombrado curandero, un curandero comunitario dotado de la habilidad de hablar con los muertos, predecir el futuro, tratar a los enfermos y mover las nubes. Cuando era niña, Rojas Contreras la escuchaba a escondidas. El negocio de adivinación de su madre desde las escaleras y esperó ansiosamente los momentos en que Mami apareció en dos lugares a la vez. , de la que se despertó no solo con amnesia, sino también con la capacidad de ver fantasmas: la familia asume que "los secretos" finalmente se han transmitido a la siguiente generación. Pero a medida que Ingrid recupera sus recuerdos, estos no vienen con habilidades sobrenaturales Más bien, ella está consumida por un poderoso impulso de aprender aún más sobre su herencia de lo que sabía antes del accidente. Impulsada por un sueño compartido entre Mami y sus hermanas, en el que Nono comunica que no puede descansar en paz en el más allá, Ingrid se une a su madre en un viaje a casa en Colombia para desenterrar los restos de su abuelo. Con su madre como su guía impredecible, obstinada y a menudo hilarante, Ingrid rastrea su linaje hasta sus raíces indígenas y españolas, descubriendo la narrativa colonial violenta y rígida que eventualmente dividiría a su familia en dos bandos: aquellos que creen que "los secretos" son un regalo, y los que están convencidos de que son una maldición. Entrelazando historias familiares más encantadoras que cualquier novela, la historia colombiana resucitada y sus propios y profundos ajustes personales con los límites de la realidad, Rojas Contreras escribe su camino a través de lo incomprensible y hacia su herencia. El resultado es un testimonio luminoso del poder de la narración como arte curativo y una invitación a abrazar lo extraordinario"--

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Autobiografías.; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid.; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid; Rojas Contreras, Ingrid; Hispanic American authors; Autores hispanoamericanos; Madres y hijas; Abuelos (Hombres); Curanderos; Colombian Americans; Colombianos Americanos;

Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 9

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Wild tongues can't be tamed : 15 voices from the Latinx diaspora / by Fennell, Saraciea J.,editor.; Oshiro, Mark,author.(CARDINAL)356291; Coster, Naima,1986-author.(CARDINAL)356467; Diaz, Natasha,author.; Medina, Meg,author.(CARDINAL)489631; Randall, Julian,author.(CARDINAL)794571; Fennell, Saraciea,author.; Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,author.(CARDINAL)624416; Arreola, Cristina,author.; Haywood, Kahlil,author.; Jamal, Zakiya N.,author.; Rivera, Lilliam,author.(CARDINAL)414411; Méndez, Jasminne,author.; Contreras, Rojas,author.; Martinez, Janel,author.; Acevedo, Elizabeth,author.(CARDINAL)596714;

This collection of essays interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora. The pieces delve into everything from ghost stories and superheroes, to memories in the kitchen and travels around the world, to addiction and grief, to identity and anti-Blackness, to finding love and speaking your truth. The result is an essential celebration of this rich and diverse community. -- adapted from IntroductionAges 12-18.

Subjects: Essays.; Young adult literature.; American literature;

Available copies: 34 / Total copies: 39

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Letters to a writer of color / by Anapara, Deepa,editor.; Soomro, Taymour,editor.(CARDINAL)856907;

"A vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of color, sharing the experiences, cultural traditions, and convictions that have shaped them and their work"--

Subjects: Essays.; Literary criticism.; Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Fiction; Minority authors.; English fiction; English fiction; American fiction; American fiction; Minorty authors; Minorty authors; Cultural pluralism in literature.; Literature and race.; Authors and readers.;

Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 13

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Daughters of Latin America : an international anthology of writing by Latine women / by Guzman, Sandra,editor.(CARDINAL)665206;

"Spanning time, styles, and traditions, a dazzling collection of essential works from 140 Latine writers, scholars, and activists from across the world--from warrior poet Audre Lorde to novelist Edwidge Danticat and performer and author Elizabeth Acevedo and artist/poet Cecilia Vicuña--gathered in one magnificent volume."--Amazon.

Subjects: Latin American literature; Latin American literature; Black people; Women and literature;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7

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