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Liliana's invincible summer : a sister's search for justice / Christina Rivera Garza.
"In the early hours of July 16, 1990, Liliana Rivera Garza was murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend. A life full of promise and hope, cut tragically short, Liliana's story instead became subsumed into Mexico's dark and relentless history of domestic violence. With Liliana's case file abandoned by a corrupt criminal justice system, her family, including her older sister Cristina, was forced to process their grief and guilt in private, without any hope for justice. A memoir decades in the making, Liliana's Invincible Summer tells a singular yet universally resonant story: that of a spirited, wondrously romantic young woman who tried to survive in a world of increasingly normalized gendered violence. It traces the story of her childhood, her early romance with a handsome--but insecure and possessive--older man, through the exhilarating weeks leading up to that fateful July morning, a summer when Liliana loved, thought, and traveled more widely and freely than she ever had before"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593244098 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 305 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Hogarth, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Translation of: El invencible verano de Liliana. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Spanish. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Rivera Garza, Cristina, 1964- > Family. Rivera Garza, Liliana, 1969-1990. Intimate partner violence > Mexico. Murder victims' families > Mexico. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Personal narratives. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 362.8820972 Riv | 31681010311934 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Cristina Rivera Garza is the award-winning author of The Taiga Syndrome and The Iliac Crest, among many other books. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, Rivera Garza is the M. D. Anderson Distinguished Professor in Hispanic Studies, and director of the PhD program in creative writing in Spanish at the University of Houston.
