The Umbrella Country by Bino A. Realuyo

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On the tumultuous streets of Manila, eleven-year-old Gringo strives to make sense of his family and a world that is growing increasingly harsher before his young eyes. There is Gringo's older brother, Pipo, wise beyond his years, a flamboyant, defiant youth and the three-time winner of the sequined Miss Unibers contest; Daddy Groovie, whiling away his days with other hang-around men, out of work and wilting like a guava leaf, clinging to the hope of someday joining his sister in Nuyork; Gringo's mother, Estrella, moving through their ramshackle home, holding her emotions as tight as a fist, which she often clenches in anger after curfew covers the neighborhood in a burst of dark; and Ninang Rola, wise godmother of words, who confides in Gringo a shocking secret from the past - and sets the stage for the profound events to come, in which no one will remain untouched by the jagged pieces of a shattered dream.

Item Weight : 14.9 ounces
Paperback : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 034542888-9
ISBN-13 : 978-03-4-542888-2
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
Publisher : Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (March 2, 1999)
Language: : English


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