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The fifth sun : a novel / Mary Helen Lagasse.

Title
The fifth sun : a novel / Mary Helen Lagasse.
Author
Lagasse, Mary Helen.
Publication
Willimantic, CT : Curbstone Press, 2004.

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Description
337 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
"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.
Subject
  • Deportation > Fiction
  • Illegal aliens > Fiction
  • Married women > Fiction
  • Mexico > Fiction
  • Mother and child > Fiction
  • New Orleans (La.) > Fiction
  • Women household employees > Fiction
  • Women immigrants > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Domestic fiction.
  • Psychological fiction.
ISBN
1931896054 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2003027240
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries