The last Karankawas, a novel, Kimberly Garza
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The last Karankawas, a novel, Kimberly Garza
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The last Karankawas
Oclc number
1262798159
Responsibility statement
Kimberly Garza
Sub title
a novel
Summary
"A kaleidoscopic, emotionally charged debut about a tight-knit community of Mexican and Filipino families on the Texas coast. Unflinching, lyrical, and singular, The Last Karankawas is a portrait of America rarely witnessed, where browning palm trees and oily waters mark the forefront of ecological change. It is a deeply imagined exploration of familial inheritance, human perseverance, and the histories we assign to ourselves, establishing Kimberly Garza as a brilliant new literary voice"--, Provided by publisherCarly Castillo has only ever known Albacore Avenue. Abandoned as a child by her Filipina mother and Mexican-American father, Carly returns each morning from her nursing shift to the house she shares with her grandmother, Magdalena. But when Magdalena slips into dementia, Carly begins to imagine a life elsewhere. Jess Rivera, her boyfriend and all-star shortstop turned seaman, treasures the salty, familiar island air. Years ago, he had a chance to leave Galveston for a bigger city with more possibilities. But he didn't then, and he sure as hell won't now. Deftly moving through these characters' lives and those of the individuals who circle them--Mercedes, Jess's undocumented cousin; Kristin, Magdalena's daytime nurse; Luz, the wife of Carly's best friend; Schafer, Jess's coworker out on the gulf--Garza presents a mosaic depiction of everyday survival in Southern Texas. As word spreads of a storm gathering strength offshore, building into Hurricane Ike, they each must make a difficult decision: board up the windows and hunker down, or flee inland and abandon their hard-won home
Target audience
adult
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- Domestic fiction
- Filipino Americans -- Texas -- Fiction
- Hispanic Americans -- Texas -- Fiction
- Novels
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- FICTION / Southern
- Indigenous peoples -- America -- Fiction
- Small cities -- Fiction
- Galveston (Tex.) -- Fiction
- Desertion and non-support -- Fiction
- FICTION / Cultural Heritage
- Hurricane Ike, 2008 -- Fiction
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- Domestic fiction
- Filipino Americans -- Texas -- Fiction
- Hispanic Americans -- Texas -- Fiction
- Novels
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- FICTION / Southern
- Indigenous peoples -- America -- Fiction
- Small cities -- Fiction
- Galveston (Tex.) -- Fiction
- Desertion and non-support -- Fiction
- FICTION / Cultural Heritage
- Hurricane Ike, 2008 -- Fiction
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- Author1
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