{"product_id":"a-story-of-stories-9781595349965","title":"A Story of Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne afternoon in fall 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e Cristina Devereaux Ramírez’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e mother called and, with a tone of urgency in her voice, asked her to come to the house and take a look at something she had discovered when she was sorting through boxes in the attic. When Ramírez arrived, she found her family sifting through papers in an old vegetable box, reading some of the more than 750 pages of Spanish language poems, short stories, fables, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003edichos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ramírez’s maternal grandmother, Ramona González, had written. Some pieces were works in progress, complete with word and phrase strikethroughs and handwritten notes in the margins, while others were neatly typed prose or what might have been final drafts. None of González’s writings had seen the outside of that box for decades, at least since 1995 when the family matriarch passed away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGonzález—or Doña Ramona, as she was often called—was born in 1906 in the El Paso border barrio of Chihuahuita, sometimes referred to as the Ellis Island of the Southwest. Her writing celebrates the rich Mexican American culture of Chihuahuita, a neighborhood the National Trust for Historic Preservation identified in 2016 as one of America’s most endangered historic places. A mother, corner grocery store owner, published writer, and community activist, González was one of the few Tejanas profiled in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorthy Mothers of Texas, 1776-1976\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Story of Stories from a Texas Border Barrio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ramírez chronicles the life of her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eabuela\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with the care of a granddaughter and, with the eye of a scholar, analyzes selections from González’s work and its significance to El Paso history, Chicano literature, border barrio folklore, and cross-border civic movements in the mid-twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Trinity University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020097618263,"sku":"9781595349965","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781595349965.jpg?v=1750782395","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-story-of-stories-9781595349965","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}