Research Catalog

Title

What drowns the flowers in your mouth : a memoir of brotherhood / Rigoberto Gonzalez.

Author

González, Rigoberto

Publication

• Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Description

vii, 191 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Burdened by poverty, illiteracy, and vulnerability as Mexican immigrants to California's Coachella Valley, three generations of González men turn to vices or withdraw into depression. As brothers Rigoberto and Alex grow to manhood, they are haunted by the traumas of their mother's early death, their lonely youth, their father's desertion, and their grandfather's invective. Rigoberto's success in escaping--first to college and then by becoming a writer--is blighted by his struggles with alcohol and abusive relationships, while Alex contends with difficult family relations, his own rocky marriage, and fatherhood. Descending into a dark emotional space that compromises their mental and physical health, the brothers eventually find hope in aiding each other."--Dust jacket flap.

Series Statement

Living out : gay and lesbian autobiographies

Uniform Title

Living out.

Subject

• González, Rigoberto > Family
• González, Rigoberto
• 1900-1999
• Authors, American > 20th century > Biography
• Mexican American gay people > Biography
• Authors, American
• Families
• Mexican American gay people

Genre/Form

Biography.

Call Number

JFD 18-1598

ISBN

• 9780299316907
• 0299316904

LCCN

2017042900

OCLC

1003641909

Author

González, Rigoberto, author.

Title

What drowns the flowers in your mouth : a memoir of brotherhood / Rigoberto Gonzalez.

Publisher

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Living out : gay and lesbian autobiographies

Living out.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Research Call Number

JFD 18-1598