Description
In this bilingual collection of short vignettes, Garcia remembers her family’s life as migrant workers in the 1970s. Every year, they packed their red, Ford pick-up and left Mc Allen, Texas. The children’s excitement soon waned during the long drive through Texas, but grew as they passed the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and skyscrapers in Chicago. Finally, they arrived at their destination: the Ponderosa in Coloma, Michigan.
Garcia’s family worked long, back-breaking hours for a pittance, but they were together and their love for each other pulled them through. Garcia was nine when her father found a full-time job in Mc Allen and their migrant life came to an end. “We missed the adventure of travel and sightseeing, but we didn’t miss the hard, back-breaking work.” This is a heartfelt recollection of the life of migrant workers.
