Publication

1998 - HarperTrophy, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCPZ7.M36718Par 1996
  • LCCPZ7.M36718 P37 2005
  • DDC[Fic]
and 1 more
  • LCCPZ7.M36718 Par 1996

Description

Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.

First Sentence

That summer my brother, Bernardo, or "Nardo" as we call him, flipped through more jobs than a thumb through a deck of cards.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Parrot in the oven: mi vida : a novelHarperTrophy1998-01-01

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