The fifth sun
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Mary Helen Lagasse.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Curbstone Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Willimantic, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Women immigrants -- Fiction; Mother and child -- Fiction; Women domestics -- Fiction; Illegal aliens -- Fiction; Married women -- Fiction; Deportation -- Fiction; New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction; Mexico -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "The Fifth Sun is a story of an immigrant who struggles valiantly for a better life for herself and her family. The young Mexican woman, Mercedes, leaves her village to work as a maid in New Orleans. This novel takes her through her adventures in New Orleans, her marriage, her struggle to raise her children, her deportation, and her attempt to re-cross the river and be united with her children."--BOOK JACKET.