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Author:

Tobar, Héctor, 1963-

Title:

The barbarian nurseries / Héctor Tobar.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

422 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women household employees--Fiction.
California, Southern--Fiction.

Contents:

Book one: The succulent garden -- Book two: Fourth of July -- Book three: Circus californianus.

Summary:

After the husband and wife that she works for disappear, live-in maid Araceli takes their two boys on a journey through sprawling Los Angeles to locate their grandfather.

ISBN:

0374108994 (hbk.)
9780374108991 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)706021027

LCCN:

2011010703

Locations:

WBPB115 -- Albert City Public Library (Albert City)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)