Descanso for My Father: Fragments of a Life

by Harrison Candelaria Fletcher

Book Overview

When his father died, Harrison Candelaria Fletcher wasn't quite two. His mother packed up his father's belongings, put the boxes in a hall closet, and closed the door. The "man in a box" remained a mystery, hardly mentioned, and making only rare appearances in stories when Fletcher or his siblings inquired. Meanwhile, his young Hispanic mother transformed herself into an artist, scouting the back roads and secondhand shops of New Mexico for relics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803238398
• ISBN13: 9780803238398
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"