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Girls in My Town creates an unforgettable portrait of a family in Los Angeles. Reaching back to her grandmother's childhood and navigating through her own girlhood and on to the present, Angela Morales contemplates moments of loss and longing, truth and beauty, motherhood and daughterhood.

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  • Title The Girls in My Town: Essays
  • Author Angela Morales
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Unm Press
  • Publication date 2016-04-01
  • ISBN 9780826356628 / 0826356621
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.4 x 0.5 in (20.07 x 13.72 x 1.27 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Los Angeles (Calif.), Morales, Angela - Childhood and youth
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2015020149
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/15/2016, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 04/08/2016, Page 0

About the author

Angela Morales lives in Pasadena, California, and teaches at Glendale Community College. She holds an MFA from the University of Iowa and is a recipient of the San Francisco Foundation's James D. Phelan Award for nonfiction.
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