Family Sentence : The Search for My Cuban-Revolutionary, Prison-Yard, Mythic-Hero, Deadbeat Dad

from mrhine

Cornillot's debut is a gem. She deftly weaves the dichotomy of being raised by three women (her mother, aunt and grandmother) with growing up fatherless with three brothers. The pain of having a parent in prison -- especially a parent that's not all that happy to see you when you visit -- is asto...

from mrhine

Cornillot's debut is a gem. She deftly weaves the dichotomy of being raised by three women (her mother, aunt and grandmother) with growing up fatherless with three brothers. The pain of having a parent in prison -- especially a parent that's not all that happy to see you when you visit -- is asto...

from raquelsf

The author writes this story in the voice of a child whose father was sentenced to 30 years in prison for bombings. She guides us through a fatherless world including two household (one Cuban and one Irish-American), two family histories, and two diverse neighborhoods (outskirts of Philadelphia a...

from VosVos

Family Sentence is David Sedaris meets Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. It is an exploration into why and how clans create collective/individual mythological narratives. The book tracks a family's history all centered around the author's imprisoned father. Like Willie Loman, the father, Hecto...

from VosVos

Family Sentence is David Sedaris meets Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. It is an exploration into why and how clans create collective/individual mythological narratives. The book tracks a family's history all centered around the author's imprisoned father. Like Willie Loman, the father, Hecto...