{"product_id":"grandpa-lees-stories-new-mexico-to-california-paperback","title":"Grandpa Lee's Stories: New Mexico to California - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Najera Reyes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reading \u003cem\u003eGrandpa Lee's Stories: New Mexico to California\u003c\/em\u003e is like listening to a child's account of their life in which they can only remember the best parts. What a JOY this was to read  Told through her own words and her mother's memory, Helen Najera Reyes is clearly a gifted storyteller in her own right who regales us with stories that not only capture her family's love for Grandpa Lee but also document histories of the Mexican American experience in both New Mexico and California. Accounts of housing discrimination and racial tensions are nested into the more prominent narratives of joy, generosity, and loving banter that make this book a memorable, soul-pleasing collection.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003eLarissa Mercado-Lopez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssociate professor in the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, California State University, Fresno; editor of \u003cem\u003eVoices of Resistance: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chican@ Children's Literature\u003c\/em\u003e; and Book Review Editor for \u003cem\u003eChicana\/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eGrandpa Lee's Stories: New Mexico to California\u003c\/em\u003e by Helen Najera Reyes leaves one feeling good. She lovingly shares her family history via the life of her multitalented grandfather. This is also a bonding story. Najera Reyes became firmly bonded to her Grandpa Lee and he was firmly bonded to his family. This is a migration story, for Grandpa Lee takes his family from New Mexico to California and forms a life that allows Najera Reyes to relate the saga in a song she wrote and recorded. The lyrical nature in which she describes her grandmother is a tribute to the social flexibility required by women of husbands seeking a better life. Most telling is how some New Mexico traditions combined with those of California. Yes. This book leaves one feeling good.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e Dr. Irene Blea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Emeritus California State University-Los Angeles, Chairperson of Chicano Studies; sociologist; and Chicana feminist author of many articles, textbooks, poetry and novels\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49155943268504,"sku":"9781735121000","price":31.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/dENEYU5mU2RYWlJESGViY3N4cVpmUT09.webp?v=1779699363","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/grandpa-lees-stories-new-mexico-to-california-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}