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A good provider is one who leaves : one family and migration in the 21st century

text A good provider is one who leaves : one family and migration in the 21st century

Summary
"When Jason DeParle moved in with Tita Comodas in the Manila slums thirty years ago, he didn't expect to make a lifelong friend. Nor did he expect to spend decades reporting on her family--husband, children, and siblings--as they came to embody th... Read more
Contents
Prologue: Finding Jesus in the slums -- Masses, huddled -- Migration fever -- Girl gets grit -- The guest worker state -- The Facebook mom -- The visa -- Immigrants, again -- Hard landing -- Just like a family -- The good nurse -- Ruffled feathers... Read more
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382 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Publisher
Viking 2019

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 305.899 DEP in Adult Non-fiction Available

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