Take this man : a memoir
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Notes
Description
"From PEN/Hemingway award winner Brando Skyhorse comes this ... memoir in the vein of The glass castle or The tender bar, the true story of a boy's turbulent childhood growing up with five stepfathers and the mother who was determined to give her son everything but the truth. When he was three years old, Brando Kelly Ulloa was abandoned by his Mexican father. His mother, Maria, dreaming of a more exciting life, saw no reason for her son to live his life as a Mexican just because he started out as one. The life of 'Brando Skyhorse,' the American Indian son of an incarcerated political activist, was about to begin"--,Provided by publisher.
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LC Subjects
Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 21st century -- Family relationships.
Autobiographies.
Echo Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Biography.
Fathers and sons -- United States.
Identity (Psychology) -- United States.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography.
Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
Mothers and sons -- United States.
Skyhorse, Brando -- Childhood and youth.
Skyhorse, Brando -- Family.
Authors, American -- 21st century -- Family relationships.
Autobiographies.
Echo Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Biography.
Fathers and sons -- United States.
Identity (Psychology) -- United States.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography.
Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
Mothers and sons -- United States.
Skyhorse, Brando -- Childhood and youth.
Skyhorse, Brando -- Family.