{"product_id":"fight-like-a-man-and-other-stories-we-tell-our-children-paperback-softback-9780826357922","title":"Fight Like a Man and Other Stories We Tell Our Children (Paperback \/ softback) 9780826357922","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFight Like a Man and Other Stories We Tell Our Children\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristine Granados (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780826357922\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.255 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Like her characters, Christine Granados is not afraid to step up and in. It doesn’t matter who, what man or woman, Chicano or Chicana, she’s fighting to win.”—Dagoberto Gilb, author of \u003cem\u003eBefore the End, After the Beginning: Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kick-ass writing from a chingona from El Chuco—a real slice of America without the stereotypes and hype from the evening news. ¡Brava!”—Sandra Cisneros, author of \u003cem\u003eThe House on Mango Street\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLife in the parched landscape of El Paso is the setting for this book of stories about people navigating their way through dysfunctional lives with the help of friends and family—people like Moníca Montoya, a housewife and mother whose affair leaves her pregnant, causing her to revisit the legacy of her father, a man who maintained two separate families on either side of the Mexican-American border. In spite of their bad choices, the characters in this collection never give up.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580488053016,"sku":"9780826357922","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fight-like-a-man-and-other-stories-we-tell-our-children-paperback-softback-9780826357922","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}