Publisher: Bilingual Review Press.
Authors: Elva Trevino Hart
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Summary: Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child
IN Elva Trevino Hart's Barefoot Heat A young female migrant worker spends her summers on the side of a field watching the rest of her family hoe vegtables
Summary: An engaging memoir
Elva Trevino Hart has managed an impressive feat with this book. She recounts the depravations of her childhood without making you pity her. She also recounts the small joys she had growing up without giving the impression that these somehow made up for her poverty.
It is rare to read a memoir where the author seems like such a real person. Hart's description of her family and history manages to be simultaneously matter-of-fact and deeply personal and emotional. While a northern gringo like me will probably never be able to relate to the experience of a Mexican immigrant family, this book greatly increased my understanding of Mexican-American culture and experience.
Summary: Every gringo should read this book
I'm glad I had the opportunity to read this insightful and well-written book. My job brings me in frequent contact with migrant families (mostly from Mexico), and the book helped to make me more aware of some of the issues facing these families.
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