House Built on Ashes: A Memoir

by José Antonio Rodríguez

Book Overview

The year is 2009, and Jos? Antonio Rodr?guez, a doctoral student at Binghamton University in upstate New York, is packing his suitcase, getting ready to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with his parents in South Texas. He soon learns from his father that a drug cartel has overtaken the Mexican border village where he was born. Now, because of the violence there, he won't be able to visit his early-childhood home. Instead, his memories will have to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806155019
• ISBN13: 9780806155012
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"