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02233aam a22003258i 4500 001 14B86964FBBE11E5ADE3C5C6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160406010858 008 150717s2016 nmu s000 0 eng 010 $a 2015020149 020 $a 0826356621 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780826356628 (pbk. : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SKYRV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3613.O665 $b A6 2016 082 00 $a 814/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Morales, Angela. 240 10 $a Essays. $k Selections 245 14 $a The girls in my town : $b essays / $c Angela Morales. 264 1 $a Albuquerque : $b University of New Mexico Press, $c 2016. 300 $a 170 pages ; $c 21 cm. 505 00 $t The girls in my town. $t One small step -- $t Gunslinging -- $t The big divorce -- $t Skin and toes, ears and hair -- $t The burrito: a brief history -- $t An Elegy (and apology) to dogs I've loved -- $t Nine days of Ruth -- $t Riding in the dark -- $t In defense of the rat -- $t Bloodyfeathers, RIP -- $t The girls in my town. 520 $a The autobiographical essays in The Girls in My Town create an unforgettable portrait of a family in Los Angeles. Reaching back to her grandmother's childhood and navigating through her own girlhood and on to the present, Angela Morales contemplates moments of loss and longing, truth and beauty, motherhood and daughterhood. She writes about her parents' appliance store and how she escaped from it, the bowling alley that provided refuge, and the strange and beautiful things she sees while riding her bike in the early mornings. She remembers fighting for equal rights for girls as a sixth grader, calling the cops when her parents fought, and listening with her mother to Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman," the soundtrack of her parents' divorce. Poignant, serious, and funny, Morales's book is both a coming-of-age story and an exploration of how a writer discovers her voice. 600 10 $a Morales, Angela. 650 0 $a Authors, American $z Los Angeles. $z Los Angeles. 650 0 $a Girls $z Los Angeles. $z Los Angeles. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213021617.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20160406011804.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=14B86964FBBE11E5ADE3C5C6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search