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A carregar... Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia Universitypor Francisco Jimenez
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Summary; This is a autobiography of Francisco Jimenez going to Columbia university when he used to be a migrant when he was a kid. Throughout this book you see the struggles that one must face adapting to new environment but nothing stops him. This book portrays courage and persistence. I think its a great book! i recommend reading this book for all the hispanics out there Echale Ganas together we will step up and show everyone what were capable of. Its not for a kid but for a high school kid who is seeking help and guidance and this book will help. I love this book ( ) Just finished reading Taking Hold by Francisco Jimenez. I have missed so much. This the first book that I have read by the author yet he written so much more. Now I am very eager to read more. He was a child in a migrant farm worker family yet he managed to earn his doctorate degree from Columbia University. When he was only four years old, he crossed the United States and Mexico border illegally. Their purpose was to escape crushing poverty and have a much better future. The author begins with his earliest memories of his family working in cotton fields and strawberry farms. He described having moving farm to farm and the difficulty of finding food and shelter. My mother's diary told me about strawberry picking during the Great Depression so I already knew about the back breaking labor, often in the hot sun. She wanted to earn some money but after three weeks she gave up. But they could not give up because his family needed food and shelter for them to survive. Many of his stories about his life told of perseverance That trait was instilled in him by his family and it keep him going while he was in college and graduate school. What really impressed me was the strong sense of the value of family. Reading about his family made me feel at home with all of them and a deep admiration for them. I also loved that he talks about the books and teachers who he loved. I highly recommend this book because of its inspiring themes. His culture is very different from the one that I grew up in but the family values are happily the same. I received this Advanced Reading Copy by making a selection from Amazon Vine books but that in no way influenced my thoughts or feelings in this review. I also posted this review only on sites meant for reading not for selling sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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"In this fourth book in his award-winning memoir series, Francisco Jimenez leaves everything behind in California--a loving family, a devoted girlfriend, and the culture that shaped him-- to attend Columbia University in New York City"-- Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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