We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?

We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?
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Publisher : Cleis Press
Total Pages : 110
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ISBN-10 : 9781573446990
ISBN-13 : 1573446998
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Book Synopsis We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? by : Achy Obejas

Download or read book We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? written by Achy Obejas and published by Cleis Press. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achy Obejas writes stories about uprooted people. Some, like herself, are Latino immigrants and lesbians; others are men (gay and straight), people with AIDS, addicts, people living marginally, just surviving. As omniscient narrator to her characters' lives, Obejas generously delves into her own memories of exile and alienation to tell stories about women and men who struggle for wholeness and love.


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