Physical Description |
[xiv], 382 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm. |
Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"When Jason DeParle moved in with Tita Comodas in the Manila slums thirty years ago, he didn't expect to make a lifelong friend. Nor did he expect to spend decades reporting on her family--husband, children, and siblings--as they came to embody the stunning rise of global migration. In A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, DeParle paints an intimate portrait of an unforgettable family across three generations, as migration reorders economics, politics, and culture across the world"-- Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Prologue: Finding Jesus in the slums -- Masses, huddled -- Migration fever -- Girl gets grit -- The guest worker state -- The Facebook mom -- The visa -- Immigrants, again -- Hard landing -- Just like a family -- The good nurse -- Ruffled feathers -- Inferring America -- Moral hazards -- Second-generation ampersands -- Cruise ship calamity -- The Filipino cul-de-sac. |
Subject |
Comodas, Rosalie.
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Comodas, Rosalie -- Family.
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Filipinos -- United States -- Biography.
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Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
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Filipinos -- Employment -- Foreign countries.
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Foreign workers, Filipino -- United States.
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Emigration and immigration -- History -- 21st century.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 21st century.
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