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This item is in overall good condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have minor wear including slight curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages are intact but may have minor highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have slight wear overall. Digital codes may not be included and have not been tested to be redeemable and/or active. Minor shelf wear overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Your purchase benefits those with developmental disabilities to live a better quality of life. some wear on edges and corners name and some stains on edges highlighting or writing on some pagesYour purchase benefits those with developmental disabilities to live a better quality of life.
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Very Good. Very good paperback copy. Uncorrected Galley Proof, so cover wraps are in black and white and back may differ. Spine is uncreased, binding and text also in very good condition; shelfwear is very minor.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Galang's short stories, while centering around the struggles of Filipino-Americans, specifically women, can be enjoyed by everyone. The thoughtful prose illuminates several societal pressures that minorities face without getting too heavy-handed. In such a short amount of space for each story, Galang has the gift of presenting characters that we grow emotionally attached to and sympathize with in such a short space of time.
I particularly enjoyed the later, more developed stories, such as "Figures," "Miss Teenage Sampaguita," and "Filming Sausage." "Figures" deals with a young women making the compromise between what she thinks she wants and what her parents want for her, deftly dealing with the intricacies of human emotions. Ann, a young artist, loves her boyfriend Harold and marries him, although she isn't entirely sure whether she wanted to or not, if she did it because her parents were pressuring her to or not. "Miss Teenage Sampaguita" deals with similar issues and generational conflict between a father and daughter, as well as a brother-sister. "Filming Sausage" is perhaps the most memorable as a young Asian woman, Elena, gets continually sexually harassed by her white boss, finding herself in unbearable situations.
All of the stories are complex and deal with issues that cannot be readily resolved, but provide for interesting and thought-provoking discussion.
