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Mama's Pearls

Mama's Pearls

Villasenor, Sylvia

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralImmigration & Refugees

Publisher Price: $29.99

ISBN10: 1967927707
ISBN13: 9781967927708
Publisher: Hemingway Publishers
Published: Jul 11 2025
Pages: 190
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A biography of a husband and wife immigrating to the States from Mexico in the mid-fifties with their five children. Within the first five years of living in mid-city L.A. four months after his wife gave birth to their seventh child in late February of 1959, she dies unexpectedly July 2nd of this same year. Leaving behind a destroyed widow husband with seven children ages ranging from 12 years of age to 4 months. My name is Sylvia Villasenor and I am the youngest of seven children that were raised by a widowed man. Our story changes the trajectory of your typical immigrant family coming to the Unites States seeking a better life. Yet with all the challenges faced after my mother's unexpected death when I was only 4 months old. Dad managed to make the right choices with the help of close family members that took us into their home while Dad battled challenges to get his life in order and finally my six siblings and I reunited with him when I was 5 years old. Embrace this journey with me as I dig deep into those challenging years of growing up without a mother and how my siblings and I got through it. This is a true story about how resilience and courage helped us rise above our challenges and circumstances. about the book

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