| Description |
382 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue: Finding Jesus in the slums -- Masses, huddled -- Migration fever -- Girl gets grit -- The guest worker state -- The Facebook mom -- The visa -- Immigrants, again -- Hard landing -- Just like a family -- The good nurse -- Ruffled feathers -- Inferring America -- Moral hazards -- Second-generation ampersands -- Cruise ship calamity -- The Filipino cul-de-sac |
| Summary |
DeParle moved into the Manila slums thirty years ago. He made a friend in Tita Comodas, and spent decades reporting on her family-- husband, children, and siblings-- as they came to embody the rise of global migration. The result is a portrait of a family across three generations, as migration reorders economics, politics, and culture across the world. At the heart of the story is Rosalie, Tita's middle child, who escapes poverty by becoming a nurse, and lands jobs in Jeddah, Abu Dhabi and, finally, Texas. DeParle shows how migration touches every aspect of global life-- and restructures personal lives. -- adapted from jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-367) and index |
| Subject |
Comodas, Rosalie
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Comodas, Rosalie -- Family
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Filipinos -- United States -- Biography
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Immigrants -- United States -- Biography
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Filipinos -- Employment -- Foreign countries
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Foreign workers, Filipino -- United States
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Emigration and immigration -- History -- 21st century
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 21st century
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| ISBN |
0143111191 |
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9780143111191 |
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