Philippine Woman in America [Paperback]

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Cellar Book Shop; 2nd edition (1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9711004240
• ISBN-13: 978-9711004248
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,641,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is the award-winning author and editor of over a dozen books, including the internationally-acclaimed novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, Magdalena, Acapulco at Sunset and other Stories, Woman With Horns and Other Stories, Philippine Woman in America, and Cecilia's Diary 1962-1968. Her recent book is Vigan and Other Stories. She also co-authored Angelica's Daughters. She edited and co-edited Growing Up Filipino I and Growing Up Filipino II, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and others. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish. Born and raised in the Philippines, she currently resides in California. She visits the Philippines regularly. Her website is ceciliabrainard.com

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BRAINARD, A GIFTED WRITER, November 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Philippine Woman in America (Paperback)

I arrived in Chicago at 3 years old and have felt the stigma of prejudice and misunderstanding of who and what Filipino culture is about, as I slowly became who I am now. In the 70s and 80s, I felt strange emotions when I began to journey back and forth to the Philippines. I was one of the first wave of balikbayan youth to feel I had sojourned out of the mainland back to the culture in my soul, helpless in integerating who I am, because truly I have come to accept I am both. With a very strong Ilocano-Tagalog flavor in our home life in the early 70s such was my identity - both Filipina and American. My mama has few yet vivid memories of Japanese invasion in the North Ilocano region as a child, yet I myself held some confused and strong emotions hearing about the EDSA Revolution in the 80s...but did not know why, when I lived in Chicago. My point in all this? Reading the work of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard has helped me understand who I am as a Filipina and as an American. Brainard does not sound "revolutionary" and emotional like most Filipino writers think they must express. There is a softness, soothing and tenderness to the touch of her pen. No one has yet been able to penetrate the Chicago area with this understanding. Continue Ma'am Brainard, in your special gift and example. May God honor the rest of the chapters of your life experience. ~~~by Ms. Janis Ver Licuanan

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL ESSAYS BY BRAINARD, November 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Philippine Woman in America (Paperback)

I loved these essays by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard. They are straightforward, elegantly-written, and pithy. The essays reveal much of the author's experiences as an immigrant in the United States. A wonderful book by a great writer!