A Letter to My Father: Growing up Filipina and American by Helen Madamba Mossman FILIPINO AMERICAN EXPERIENCE & FILIPINOS IN THE DIASPORA - Women Writers (General)

A Letter to My Father: Growing up Filipina and American by Helen Madamba Mossman FILIPINO AMERICAN EXPERIENCE & FILIPINOS IN THE DIASPORA - Women Writers (General)A Filipina American woman recalls her childhood during wartime and peace. Going from the jungles of the wartime Philippines to the schoolyards of northwestern Oklahoma is no easy transition. For one twelve year old girl, it meant distance not only across the globe but also within her own family. Born to a Filipino father and an American mother, Helen Madamba experienced terrifying circumstances at a young age. During World War II, her father, Jorge,

Patrick Rosal's poetry rings with the music of no-frills industrial towns of central New Jersey

[Bulosan's] call to action resonates with the same urgency today as it did seven decades ago

whose family relocated to Zamboanga city because of the war

He taught at San Francisco State for 12 years

continually try to define their identity as Filipino

the situation has created a dilemma for some children who

More than two-thirds of the stories are by women

expectation and despondency

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 311 pages

The measure of a good dialogue is when a reader comes away feeling better after having shared it - I did

and what we still need to do in the future

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