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9780595243754: A Three-Turtle Summer
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ISBN 10: 0595243754 ISBN 13: 9780595243754
Editorial: iUniverse, 2002

Sinopsis

A Three-Turtle SummerBy Janelle Meraz HooperFort Sill, Oklahoma, 1949...Grace and her five-year-old daughter Glory are living through A Three?Turtle Summer-a summer so hot that the turtles are dying. It's also the summer that Grace's mother and sisters join forces with Grace to help her dump Dwayne, her abusive husband, whom her sister describes as meaner than a rattlesnake and dumber than adobe.Besides her Hispanic family, a rich list of characters also assist her escape, including: Sako, an American-born Japanese neighbor whose former home was the internment camp at Poston, Arizona; two gay dance instructors; a Negro gospel singer who sells Lip-Smackin' Barbecue out of the trunk of her new orange Cadillac convertible; and Rudolf, her older sister's husband who's a colonel in the Army. A Three-Turtle Summer was a first place fiction winner in the 2002 Bold Media Awards.

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A Three-Turtle SummerBy Janelle Meraz HooperFort Sill, Oklahoma, 1949...Grace and her five-year-old daughter Glory are living through A Three?Turtle Summer-a summer so hot that the turtles are dying. It's also the summer that Grace's mother and sisters join forces with Grace to help her dump Dwayne, her abusive husband, whom her sister describes as meaner than a rattlesnake and dumber than adobe.Besides her Hispanic family, a rich list of characters also assist her escape, including: Sako, an American-born Japanese neighbor whose former home was the internment camp at Poston, Arizona; two gay dance instructors; a Negro gospel singer who sells Lip-Smackin' Barbecue out of the trunk of her new orange Cadillac convertible; and Rudolf, her older sister's husband who's a colonel in the Army. A Three-Turtle Summer was a first place fiction winner in the 2002 Bold Media Awards.

Biografía del autor

Janelle Meraz Hooper is a writer with a Hispanic background. Originally from Oklahoma, she now lives south of Seattle. A novel and short story writer, she also contributes commentaries to The Northwest Guardian Newspaper, Ft. Lewis, Washington. She welcomes e-mails from her readers. Contact her at: hooperdj@nwrain.com

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Editorial
iUniverse
Año de publicación
2002
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ISBN 10 
0595243754
ISBN 13 
9780595243754
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
336
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