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Author:

Miller-Lachmann, Lyn, 1956-

Title:

Gringolandia : a novel / Lyn Miller-Lachmann.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Curbstone Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

279 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Political activists--Fiction.
Chile--Politics and government--1973-1988--Fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--Fiction.
Journalists--Fiction.
Chilean Americans--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
Madison (Wis.)--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Political activists--Fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--Fiction.
Journalists--Fiction.
Chilean Americans--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
Chile--Politics and government--1973-1988--Fiction.
Madison (Wis.)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Proofs (Printing)

Summary:

In 1986, when seventeen year old Daniel's father arrives in Madison, Wisconsin, after five years of torture as a political prisoner in Chile, Daniel and his eighteen year old "gringa" girlfriend, Courtney, use different methods to help this bitter, self destructive stranger who yearns to return home and continue his work.

ISBN:

1931896496 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781931896498 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)258767482

LCCN:

2008036990

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)