Literary Nonfiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Inspired by a story about an immigrant mother who walked the desert from Mexico to the USA with the dead body of her baby strapped to her own, Adriana Páramo immersed herself in the underground world of undocumented women toiling in the Florida fields. This fieldwork and the anonymous voices of the women she encountered while looking for the mother in the story are captured in LOOKING FOR ESPERANZA, winner of the 2011 Social Justice and Equality Award in creative nonfiction. "A timely and stunning project, Adriana Páramo's LOOKING FOR ESPERANZA is a heart-wrenching collection of portraits of Mexican women whose lives and journeys illustrate the complexity and dignity of the undocumented immigrant. Páramo writes with admirable honesty and sensitivity, making visible perspectives seldom explored in either literature or journalism: the Mexican laborer in the American Southeast, the woman as border-crosser, and the stories of struggle that rise above tragedy and travesty to highlight perseverance and hope."—Rigoberto González "Adriana Páramo's LOOKING FOR ESPERANZA is an essential window into the hidden world of undocumented female farmworkers struggling to maintain their health, their families, and their dignity in an unforgiving world. Páramo shines a necessary light on these defiant fearless women fighting for their own small morsel of the American Dream. The result is a book both powerful and unforgettable."—Dinty W. Moore

Looking for Esperanza

Biographies & Memoirs

Páramo, Adriana

Community & Culture

Benu Press

History

Americas

Keeping Quiet: Sixteen Essays on Silence

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Red Hen Press

My Mother’s Funeral circles around the death of the author’s mother, but what also emerges is a landscape of personal loss and pain, of innocence, humor, violence and beauty. Drawing heavily upon her childhood experiences and Colombian heritage, Páramo describes the volatile bond linking mothers and daughters in a culture largely unknown to Americans. The book moves between past (Colombia in the 1940s) and present lives, and maps scenes both geographical (Bogotá, Medellín, Anchorage) as well as psychological--ultimately revealing the indomitable spirit of the women in her family. Especially from Páramo’s mother the reader learns what it means to be a Colombian woman.

My Mother’s Funeral (Memoir)

Historical

CavanKerry Press

"Lo que te ofrezco es darte las herramientas para que hagas consciente lo inconsciente, que sepas por qué te relacionas de una forma determinada, para qué estás con un tipo de personas en específico, cuáles son los resortes que te mueven a reaccionar como lo haces". ¿Te has preguntado dónde termina el amor y empieza la codependencia? Adriana Páramo analiza las razones de fondo que determinan la&nbsp;manera en que amamos. En gran medida, todo se remite a nuestra&nbsp;niñez. Lo que aprendimos en los primeros años impone cómo&nbsp;afrontamos la vida&nbsp;de adultos... pero nada está perdido, aún es posible amar de otra manera y&nbsp;acabar con las manías. Este libro va más allá del lugar común, porque todos sabemos que "primero debemos amarnos a nosotros mismos para amar a otros" pero pocos conocen&nbsp;cómo hacerlo. Desde un punto de vista psicológico y con enfoque emocional, la autora nos explica cómo&nbsp;transformar&nbsp;nuestras ideas sobre el amor romántico. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "What I can offer you are the tools to make conscious that which is subconscious, to know why you relate with people in a certain way, why you are with a specific kind of person, what moves you to react in the way you do." Have you ever asked yourself where love ends and codependency begins? Adriana Páramo analyzes the underlying reasons that determine the way we love. For the most part, everything goes back to our childhood. What we learn in our first years sets up the way we face life as an adult. But nothing is lost; it is still possible to love in another way and put aside manias. This book goes beyond the cliché, because we all know that "to love others we must first love ourselves," but few actually know how to do that. From a psychological point of view and with a focus on emotions, the author explains how to transform our ideas about romantic love.

Amor Vs Codependencia: Vive tus relaciones en plenitud / Love vs. Codependency (Spanish Edition)

Self-Help

Relationships

Vergara

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