02155cam a2200409 a 4500 circuitstoriesfr00jimx CaSfIA 20230525155118.0 cr|||| 970410s1997 nmu s000 1deng 97004844 DLC DLC OCJ OCL BAKER BTCTA YDXCP OCLCG CFT VUE CaSfIA 0826317979 (pbk.) 9780826317971 (pbk.) (OCoLC)36776380 n-us-ca PS3560.I55 C57 1997 813/.54 21 Jiménez, Francisco, 1943- The circuit : [electronic resource] stories from the life of a migrant child / Francisco Jiménez. 1st ed. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1997. x, 134 p. ; 18 cm. Under the wire -- Soledad -- Inside out -- Miracle in Tent City -- El Angel de Oro -- Christmas gift -- Death forgiven -- Cotton sack -- The circuit -- Learning the game -- To have and to hold -- Moving still. Also issued online. [In this novel], intertwined stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots - and back again - over a number of years. As it moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family off four grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But with faith, hope, and back-breaking work, the family endues. -Back cover. California Social life and customs Fiction. Migrant agricultural laborers Fiction. Mexican American families Fiction. Mexican Americans Fiction. Online version: Jiménez, Francisco, 1943- Circuit. 1st ed. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1997 (OCoLC)605336655 http://www.archive.org/details/circuitstoriesfr00jimx Free eBook from the Internet Archive http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL659528M Additional information and access via Open Library YDXCP 1396334 NZ1 4893551 AU@ 000013184727 0 0 0 0 Project Gutenberg CSPC CSPC 2023-05-25 0 PS3560.I55 C57 1997 2023-05-25 00:00:00 2023-05-25 EBK 22381 22381