Just like us
Subtitle: the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America
By: Helen Thorpe
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9781416538936; 9781416538981; 9781439166253
Description: "Just Like Us" offers a powerful account of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver--two of whom have legal documentation, two of whom who don't--and the challenges they face as they attempt to pursue the American dream.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: pt. I. Instantaneous rate of change; title: 1. Prom night; title: 2. Question mark; title: 3. Instantaneous rate of change; title: 4. Rise and fall; title: 5. Life's mighty question; title: 6. American woman; title: 7. Sympathy; title: 8. Crash test dummy; title: pt. II. Many dwelling places; title: 1. Liar, liar, liar; title: 2. Breaking in; title: 3. Three tens and a nine; title: 4. Bad papers; title: 5. Talk radio; title: 6. Many dwelling places; title: 7. Salon Ocampo; title: 8. Black market; title: 9. Comal; title: 10. Manhunt; title: 11. Social inequality; title: 12. The concept of citizenship; title: 13. Sorority girls; title: 14. Friendly banter; title: 15. Auto theft; title: 16. Machismo; title: 17. Liberación; title: 18. Physical evidence; title: 19. Portrait of a pariah; title: 20. Yo pago impuestos; title: 21. Live from the border; title: 22. Caution; title: pt. III. Lo que pasó pasó (What happened happened); title: 1. Headwaters; title: 2. Tancredoland; title: 3. Guilty as charged; title: 4. Well-ordered society; title: 5. Blessing; title: 6. Surprise appearance; title: 7. Gun show; title: 8. Laugh now, cry later; title: Epilogue; title: Acknowledgments.