MIGRANT SUN - Tecno-Libro

Observing a mysterious white culture while living on the ragged edge of poverty in an unaccepted Mexican subculture of America was acutely troubling to a child simply looking for safety, acceptance and a place to belong. These poems are of the brutal struggles of hard work in dangerous times. These poems are about a papá who never wavered under the difficult challenges of working and raising a family in a foreign country as a migrant laborer and a mamá who dedicated herself to loving and protecting her children at all costs, in a man s world, twice over. In a time when we were innocent and vulnerable and the world was a scary, foreign place, all we had were our parent s gifts. Papá s strong work ethic helped us forge ahead and not give up through difficult times and Mamá s passion and the pictures she painted in our minds filled us with hope... and hope was the road we traveled into our future. Migrant Sun is a poignant tale of love in hard times, racism, forgiveness in the face of brutality, but most of