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Author:
Abel, Jessica.
Title:
La perdida / Jessica Abel.
Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Pantheon Books
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
ix, 275 p.(pbk.) : chiefly illus. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Graphic novels.
Mexican American women--Fiction.--Fiction.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Drugs--Fiction.--Fiction.
Drug dealers--Fiction.--Fiction.
Mexico--Fiction.--Fiction.
Notes:
"Orignally published in slightly different form in five volumes by Fantagraphics, Seattle, in 2001-2005"--T.p. verso. Presented in Honor of Jack Copland, Merry Christmas 2011 by Carol Dean.
Summary:
Carla Olivares, a young Mexican-American woman, goes to Mexico to "find herself," and moves in with an old fling, but when his circle of Anglo expat friends fail to provide her with the authentic experience she seeks, Carla becomes involved with el Gordo, a drug don who takes her down a dangerous path.
ISBN:
0375714715 (pbk.)
9780375714719 (pbk.)
Locations:
XHPD657 -- Glenwood Public Library (Glenwood)

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