HOUSE OF HOUSES. [Signed Copy]

Mora, Pat

ISBN 10: 0807072001 / ISBN 13: 9780807072004

Published by Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1997

About this Item

This work is a family memoir told in the voices of the author's ancestors. It is about oppression and survival and sometimes triumph. l From her ancestors' harrowing crossing of the Rio Grande to the racism Mora's parents faced growing up in Texas, the struggles of a single family are transformed by the magic and healing each member offers the others in ritual, language, stories, and recipes. Photographs are included. This copy is clean and solid. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, inscribed on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 023107

Bibliographic Details

• Title: HOUSE OF HOUSES. [Signed Copy]
• Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston, Mass.
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807072001
• ISBN 13: 9780807072004
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition First Printing
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A family memoir told in the voices of ancestors, this book is about oppression and survival and sometimes triumph as "any book about a Mexican American family must be." Mora's house of houses is large, imagined, traditional, a refuge from the desert's heat, where the generations of her family, living and dead, mingle through the months of a single year.

About the Author

Pat Mora, a popular presenter across the country at conferences, campuses, libraries, and schools, speaks and offers workshops on literacy, creativity, leadership, the writing process, and serving diverse populations. "Sharing Bookjoy: Creative Literacy Leaders" and "ZING! Seven Creativity Practices for Educators and Students" are among her more popular themes.

The author of award-winning books of nonfiction and poetry for adults and of many children's books, Pat received honorary doctorates in letters from North Carolina State University and SUNY Buffalo and is an honorary member of the American Library Association. Among her other awards are the 2006 National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Award, a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, a Visiting Carruthers Chair at the University of New Mexico, a Poetry Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship.

A former teacher, university administrator, and consultant, Pat is the founder of the family literacy initiative El día de los niños/El día de los libros, Children's Day/Book Day (Día), now housed at the American Library Association. The yearlong commitment to linking all children to books, languages, and cultures and of sharing what Pat calls "bookjoy," culminates in national celebrations in April.

Pat was named one of the "Fifty Most Inspiring Authors in the World" by Poets & Writers magazine in February 2010.