Song of Yvonne by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard History

Song of Yvonne by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard HistoryThis is the author's first novel. " Song of Yvonne developed when I tuned in to the collective "wounding" that Filipinos experienced in that War. The book is fiction, it is not a historical document. As a matter of fact, it has fanciful elements. But the novel is my way of documenting the triumph of the Filipino spirit over foreign oppression". Excerpts from the Preface. The author was born after World War ll and the stories and anecdotes that she

and the Filipino American experience but he stopped publishing to take care of his wife Lucy who eventually passed away

young Filipino interpreter

and carried into the chambers of my wilderness

ISBN-10: 029598853-3

Paperback: 262 pages

Publisher: Philippine Social Science Council (2007)

"Growing Up Brown is highly recommended for any person of Filipino ancestry

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This work of awe-inspiring clarity and purity of language is from a poet whose wide-awake eyes allow us to experience a vivid

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and contributions of Filipino Philadelphians