Sleep in Me |
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Author:
| Pineda, Jon |
Series title: | American Lives Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8032-2535-0 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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Against the backdrop of his teenage sister's car accident in which a dump truck filled with sand slammed into the small car carrying her and her friends, Jon Pineda chronicles his sister Rica's sudden transformation from a vibrant high school cheerleader to a girl wheelchair bound and unable to talk. Sleep in Me is a heartrending memoir of the coming-of-age of a boy haunted by a family tragedy.
Against the backdrop of his teenage sister's car accident in which a dump truck filled with sand slammed into the small car carrying her and her friends, Jon Pineda chronicles his sister Rica's sudden transformation from a vibrant high school cheerleader to a girl wheelchair bound and unable to talk. Sleep in Me is a heartrending memoir of the coming-of-age of a boy haunted by a family tragedy.