Falling in Love with Fellow Prisoners by Zepeda, Gwendolyn

Falling in Love with Fellow Prisoners (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781558857698)

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Falling in Love with Fellow Prisoners by Zepeda, Gwendolyn

Falling in Love with Fellow Prisoners

$14.95
Falling in Love with Fellow Prisoners by Zepeda, Gwendolyn

Falling in Love with Fellow Prisoners

$14.95
Format: Paperback
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Gwendolyn Zepeda, a Houston native who has struggled to escape the inner-city barrio she grew up in, wonders why she's crying about her long commute to the suburbs.

Single with three sons, Zepeda made her way in corporate America, "the cold, beige womb of a money-grubbing mother," in the fight to provide them with better opportunities. Along the way, she has had to come to terms with the guilt of working in physical comfort while others work outside, trapped in dangerous jobs; the realization that the quality of her work doesn't really matter to anyone; and obnoxious male bosses who need "a wife on the side," or worse, proudly report their sons' sexual exploits.

She has survived, even prospered, but her innermost fears still haunt her: "I like lying safe with you / Here in the dark, but still / Keep planning in case / I'm left alone." Whether musing on dysfunctional relationships or parenthood, Zepeda captures the aching loneliness and vulnerability of contemporary urban life.

Author: Gwendolyn Zepeda
ISBN-10: 1558857699
ISBN-13: 9781558857698
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2013
Pages: 75
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.54w x 0.27d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/15/2013 pg. 15

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