Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America - Hardcover

Rose Castillo Guilbault

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1597140066 ISBN 13: 9781597140065

Publisher: Heyday Books, 2005

Synopsis

Guilbault was born in Sonora, Mexico in 1952, and in 1957 moved with her recently divorced mother to the U.S., where they settled in California's Salinas Valley. In this flowing autobiography, she describes her experiences growing up as a Mexican immigrant in a farming community during the 1960s, and the challenges of maintaining a place in her immigrant family homelife while also acculturating to the public/American world around her. Her career has involved print and broadcast journalism, and a high-level corporate job. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

From the Publisher:

A San Francisco Chronicle "Best Books of 2005"

About the Author:

Rose Castillo Guilbault was born in Sonora, Mexico, and grew up in the Salinas Valley of California. She was a columnist for Pacific News Service and the San Francisco Chronicle, was editorial director for KGO-TV (ABC San Francisco) and creator of the television series "Profiles of Excellence." She is currently vice president of corporate affairs at AAA of Northern California, Nevada, and Utah, and is the chairwoman of the Board of Governors for the Commonwealth Club of California. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the De La Salle Institute.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heyday Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1597140066
• ISBN 13: 9781597140065
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 164