Troia: Mexican Memoirs

By Bonnie Bremser

Book Overview

In this newly rediscovered memoir, Bonnie Bremser, ex-wife of Beat-poet Ray Bremser, chronicles her life on the run from the law in the early Sixties. When Ray fled to Mexico in 1961 to avoid imprisonment for armed robbery, a crime he claimed he did not commit, Bonnie followed with their baby daughter, Rachel. In a foreign country with no money and little knowledge of the language, Bonnie was forced into a life of prostitution to support her family and their drug habit. Just twenty-three years old, Bonnie was young and inexperienced, but very much in love with her husband; indeed, she was ready to go to any lengths in an attempt to keep their small family alive and together, even if it meant becoming une troia.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564784800
• ISBN13: 9781564784803
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher