Mother's Day: El Dia De Las Madres (Multicultural Celebrations)

Matiella, Ana Consuelo

Children's Books

Modern Curriculum Pr

"The truth about Alicia was that she wasn’t that stable to begin with. So when she did what she did, no one was very surprised. Still it was shocking, the way she followed them from the hardware store to the woman's house, the way she broke the sliding glass door with the tire jack, the way she found them in bed. It was more than she could take, her being seven months pregnant and all. It only took two shots. . . . " Alicia is not the only woman with problems. In these stories about contemporary and traditional Latinas, Ana Consuelo Matiella uses sensitivity and wit to address issues faced by women of color and women everywhere—issues largely having to do with love: between men and women, mothers and daughters, women and friends. In engaging stories about family myths, gossip, and lies, comadres converse over afternoon café con leche. "I'm sure that I was the only wife whose husband was teaching their daughter to do Cheech Marin imitations," remarks one of Matiella's characters. Another sings the praises of the chocolate milkshake diet: "That’s one advantage of living on the border. You get to try all the latest gringo inventions as soon as they hit the streets." Through encounters with angels, conversations with dogs, and relationships with men overly concerned with the dimensions of their manhood, Matiella offers a new exploration of the human condition—one showing us that if we cannot laugh at life, no matter how tragic the circumstances, we are surely doomed. With humor and insight that come only through close observation of her fellow human beings, this gifted writer brings new twists to familiar scenes. The Truth about Alicia and Other Stories is an authentic portrayal of the world of contemporary Chicanas that will delight everyone who enters it.

The Truth about Alicia: and Other Stories (Camino del Sol)

Literature & Fiction

United States

University of Arizona Press

Cultural Pride: Curriculum Unit (Latino Family Life Education Curriculum Series)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Etr Assoc

Cultural Pride: Student Workbook (Latino Family Life Education Curriculum Series)

LA Familia Curriculum Unit (Latino Family Life Education Curriculum Series)

Parenting & Relationships

LA Familia: Student Workbook (Latino Family Life Education Curriculum Series)

Studying & Workbooks

We Are a Family: Children's Activities in Family Living

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Network Pub Co

Positively Different: Creating a Bias Free Environment for Young Children (Critical Issues Series)

Network Pubns

Literary Nonfiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Women's Studies. Ana Consuelo Matiella uses a unique brand of storytelling to reflect on her life and the lives of the women who influenced her. Each chapter deftly explores both personal experience and examination of primal archetypes in Hispanic femininity. Nevertheless, all women will recognize the kind of unavoidable female power she presents that interacts with both psyche and soul. Matiella's deft wit illuminates their force, significance, as well as inspiration. "I have named these personal memories, LIFE AMONG MY MOTHERS, in honor and in gratitude for all my mothers, las madrinas who shaped me and showed me the different ways one can be a woman. Some of these memories are imprinted firmly and some of them elude me, but like my mother, I am a cuentera and whatever I didn't know, I made up." &mdash;Ana Consuelo Matiella

Las Madrinas: Life Among My Mothers

History & Criticism

Tres Chicas Books

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