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03439cam a22006374a 4500 001 0D714D6C82B011DE820800E8A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20220519010419 008 090619s2009 nyu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2009022722 020 $a 1439166250 (ebook) 020 $a 9781439166253 (ebook) 020 $a 1416538984 (trade pbk.) 020 $a 9781416538981 (trade pbk.) 020 $a 1416538933 (hard cover) 020 $a 9781416538936 (hard cover) 035 $a (OCoLC)298777035 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d UPZ $d C#P $d BWX $d CDX $d VP@ $d CRH $d LJW $d SILO 043 $a n-us-co 050 00 $a F784.D49 $b M58 2009 082 00 $a 305.868/72073078883 $2 22 100 1 $a Thorpe, Helen, $d 1965- 245 1 $a Just like us : $b the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America / $c Helen Thorpe. 250 $a 1st Scribner hardcover ed. 260 $a New York : $b Scribner, $c 2009. 300 $a viii, 387 p. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "Just Like Us" offers a powerful account of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver--two of whom have legal documentation, two of whom who don't--and the challenges they face as they attempt to pursue the American dream. 505 0 $a Introduction -- pt. I. Instantaneous rate of change -- 1. Prom night -- 2. Question mark -- 3. Instantaneous rate of change -- 4. Rise and fall -- 5. Life's mighty question -- 6. American woman -- 7. Sympathy -- 8. Crash test dummy -- pt. II. Many dwelling places -- 1. Liar, liar, liar -- 2. Breaking in -- 3. Three tens and a nine -- 4. Bad papers -- 5. Talk radio -- 6. Many dwelling places -- 7. Salon Ocampo -- 8. Black market -- 9. Comal -- 10. Manhunt -- 11. Social inequality -- 12. The concept of citizenship -- 13. Sorority girls -- 14. Friendly banter -- 15. Auto theft -- 16. Machismo -- 17. LiberacioÌn -- 18. Physical evidence -- 19. Portrait of a pariah -- 20. Yo pago impuestos -- 21. Live from the border -- 22. Caution -- pt. III. Lo que pasoÌ pasoÌ (What happened happened) -- 1. Headwaters -- 2. Tancredoland -- 3. Guilty as charged -- 4. Well-ordered society -- 5. Blessing -- 6. Surprise appearance -- 7. Gun show -- 8. Laugh now, cry later -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments. 650 0 $a Mexican American women $z Denver $z Denver $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Illegal aliens $z Denver. $z Denver. 651 0 $a Denver (Colo.) $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a Denver (Colo.) $x Social life and customs. 941 $a 21 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214032951.0 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111013422.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230503012707.0 952 $l AWPD207 $d 20230209012705.0 952 $l DRPC413 $d 20201013030244.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528043518.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508015247.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006051150.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720033709.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20180719015915.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20170523015610.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418080019.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20160202043410.0 952 $l WHPE115 $d 20140607020903.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20140305014316.0 952 $l BGPE251 $d 20111025010423.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20100820011012.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20100723031253.0 952 $l VFPB334 $d 20100108083009.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20100120073657.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20100120073657.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0D714D6C82B011DE820800E8A7D7520A 994 $a 02 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search