The Fifth Sun
Mary Helen Lagasse
Barcode 9781931896054
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Release Date: 01/04/2004
Genre: Fiction
Label: Curbstone Press,U.S.
Language: English
Publisher: Curbstone Press,U.S.
Winner of the 3rd Annual Miguel Mármol Prize from Curbstone Press, Mary Helen Lagasse's The Fifth Sun is an inspiring story of an immigrant who struggles valiantly for a better life for herself and her family. The young Mexican woman, Mercedes, leaves her village to work as a housemaid in New Orleans. This fast-paced novel takes her through her adventures in New Orleans, her marriage, her struggle to raise her children, her deportation, and her attempt to re-cross the river and be reunited with her children.