by Adriana Páramo
introduction by Ira Sukrungruang
CavanKerry Press, 2013
eISBN: 978-1-933880-54-9 | Paper: 978-1-933880-39-6
Library of Congress Classification F2279.22.P25A3 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification 986.136

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.

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