{"product_id":"madre-and-i-guillermo-reyes-9780299236243","title":"Madre and I: A Memoir of Our Immigrant Lives","description":"In this moving and funny memoir, award-winning playwright Guillermo Reyes untangles his life as the secretly illegitimate son of a Chilean immigrant to the United States and as a young man struggling with sexual repression, body image, and gay identity. But this is a double-decker memoir that also tells the poignant, bittersweet, and adventurous story of Guillermo's mother, María, who supports herself and her son cleaning houses and then working as a nanny in Washington, D.C. and eventually in Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e In one memorable scene, after realizing that her friend Carmen is cleaning the house of one of the producers of \u003ci\u003eAnnie Hall\u003c\/i\u003e, María recruits her to take her picture as she poses dramatically with Mr. Joffe's Oscar in hand. It is María's defiant yet determined attitude amidst her sacrifices that allows for Guillermo's spirited coming of age and coming out.\u003cbr\u003e Their common ground is the drama of their encounters with discovery, heartbreak, and passion-the explosive emotions that light up the stage of their two-actor theater. Honorable Mention, Best Auto\/Biography in English, International Latino Book Awards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guillermo Reyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299236242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299236243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/16\/2010","brand":"Guillermo Reyes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202116862207,"sku":"9780299236243","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3662ea7d-2a0a-48f7-a2df-48b4efec8190.jpg?v=1756819688","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/madre-and-i-guillermo-reyes-9780299236243","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}