Under the feet of Jesus
By: Helena María Viramontes.
Publisher: Plume
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Migrant agricultural laborers -- United States -- Fiction; Mexican American families -- Fiction; Mexican American women -- Fiction; Mexican Americans -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: The life of Mexican fruit pickers in California. The protagonists are a youth who is sprayed with pesticide by a plane and the girl who saves him. The novel describes the harsh conditions under which migrant workers live, the heat, the cramped quarters, the hand-to-mouth existence.