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Autobiography. Latino/a Studies. BAREFOOT HEART is a vividly told autobiographical account of the life of a child growing up in a family of migrant farm workers. Elva Trevino Hart was born in south Texas to Mexican immigrants and spent her childhood moving back and forth between Texas and Minnesota, eventually leaving that world to earn a master's degree in computer science/engineering. This is a beautiful book, one many of us teaching Laino/a memoir and autobiography have long been waiting for. It is here at last, dear reader, in your hands. To be read and reread, savored to the last word. I…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2000ISIS Pub. · 9780753196243
- Other · English · 1999Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe · 236 pages · 9780927534819
Social life and customsMexican American womenUnited StatesMexican AmericansMigrant agricultural laborersMemoirBiographyReading Level-Grade 7