Geographies of Home - Hardcover

Perez, Loida Maritza; Maritza Perez, Loida

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670868892 ISBN 13: 9780670868896

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1999

Synopsis

Iliana attends college away from her New York home to gain some independence from her religious parents, but family problems and her feelings of being caught between her Dominican heritage and her personal goals call her home

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Iliana believes that by attending a college more than five hours from New York City she can become independent and escape the watchful eyes of her overprotective, religiously conservative parents. She soon realizes, however, that familial bonds are impossible to break. A voice that Iliana believes is her mother's haunts her nights with disturbing news about her sisters: Marina is careening toward a mental breakdown; Beatriz has disappeared; Rebecca continues in a marriage in which she and her husband and children are trapped in a brownstone populated by hundreds of hens. Convinced she might be of help, Iliana reluctantly returns to New York City. In this dislocating urban environment, far from her native country, she confronts all the contradictions, superstitions, joys, and pains of someone caught between two cultures but intent on finding a home.

About the Author:

Loida Maritza Perez was born in the Dominican Republic in 1963. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0670868892
• ISBN 13: 9780670868896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288