American Tumbleweeds

Name: American Tumbleweeds
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Marta Elva
ISBN: 9798368945675

Author: Marta Elva

Narrator: Marta Elva Rangel Gibbons

Unabridged: 7 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Irie Books

Published: 01/22/2022

Categories: Fiction, Hispanic & Latino, Coming Of Age, Family Life

Synopsis

Set along the international border between El Paso, Texas, and Cuidad Juárez, Mexico, AMERICAN TUMBLEWEEDS tells the bittersweet story of a Mexican-American family’s struggle to stay together as tradition collides with the social upheaval of 1960s America.Skillfully conveyed through the eyes of Inez, an innocent and vulnerable thirteen-year-old girl, and her family, these characters indeed “tumble” back and forth over our southernmost border. A physical divide caused by the politics of nations separating families. For Inez, life in El Paso is far more exciting as the explosion of rock music and new personal freedom shatter traditions on both sides of the border and inside her family.AMERICAN TUMBLEWEEDS is insightful, timely, and captures poignantly the growing pains of all immigrants whose dual cultural identities lend them both strength and strife.

Reviews

Goodreads review by J.J.

If fiction is all about getting in and out of trouble, "American Tumbleweeds" doesn't stint on the strife. Early in the book, Ramón, the family patriarch, is taken down by the FBI for smuggling marijuana. We watch the fallout wrecking everyone around him. The author's background in film and TV is tel......more

Goodreads review by Holly

~Book reviewed for the Historical Novel Society~ 1960s El Paso, Texas: When Inez Ramirez’s father is arrested for smuggling marijuana across the Mexico-U.S. border, her family nearly shatters as they deal with the repercussions. In this novel told in multi-person points of view, we get a firsthand gl......more

Goodreads review by Rose

I'm not a parent, but I think this realistic portrayal of the impact immigration has on a family would be a great book for mature young readers. The story is told in a half dozen first person accounts by members of a Mexican-American family. Like the tumbleweeds of the title, the characters are caug......more

Goodreads review by Joyce

I received a free advance copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review and I am so glad that I did. American Tumbleweeds is a slice of life out of the 60's for a young girl and her family caught between two worlds. The US in El Paso Texas and Juarez Mexico. Marta did an excellent job of show......more