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ISBN-10: 082635436X
ISBN-13: 9780826354365
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publish Date: 02/15/2014
Dimensions: 8.44" L, 5.61" W, 0.63" H

The Deportation of Wopper Barraza

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Overview

A brilliant and innovative take on an issue close to the hearts and minds of families who have one foot planted firmly on both sides of the border. It is a deportation story in reverse: a bold re-envisioning with unexpected consequences, mystery, and insight.–Tim Z. Hernandez, author of Mañana Means Heaven

After Wopper Barraza’s fourth drunk driving violation, the judge orders his immediate deportation. But I haven’t been there since I was a little kid, says Wopper, whose parents brought him to California when he was three years old. Now he has to move back to Michoacán. When he learns that his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, the future looks even more uncertain. Wopper’s story unfolds as life in a rural village takes him in new and unexpected directions.

This immigrant saga in reverse is a story of young people who must live with the reality of their parents’ dream. We know this story from the headlines, but up to now it has been unexplored literary territory.

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Montoya flips the familiar tale of northbound immigration on its head.
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Details

ISBN-10: 082635436X
ISBN-13: 9780826354365
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publish Date: 02/15/2014
Dimensions: 8.44" L, 5.61" W, 0.63" H
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