Jiménez, Francisco, 1943- The circuit : : stories from the life of a migrant child / [electronic resource] / Francisco Jiménez.. — 1st ed.. — Albuquerque : : University of New Mexico Press,, c1997.. — x, 134 p. ; 18 cm.
Under the wire -- Soledad -- Inside out -- Miracle in Tent City -- El Angel de Oro -- Christmas gift -- Death forgiven -- Cotton sack -- The circuit -- Learning the game -- To have and to hold -- Moving still.
Анотація: [In this novel], intertwined stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots - and back again - over a number of years. As it moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family off four grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But with faith, hope, and back-breaking work, the family endues. -Back cover.
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Migrant agricultural laborers--Fiction. Mexican American families--Fiction. Mexican Americans--Fiction.