TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thorpe,Helen
TI  - Just like us: the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America 
SN  - 9781416538936
AV  - F 784.D49 M58.2009
PY  - 2009///,
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Scribner A Division of Somon & Schuster, Inc.
KW  - Mexican American women
KW  - Colorado
KW  - Denver
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Mujeres mexicano-norteamericanas
KW  - Condiciones sociales
KW  - Illegal aliens
KW  - Extranjeros ilegales
KW  - Denver (Colo.)
KW  - Denver (Colorado)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Vida social y costumbres
N1  - Introduction -- pt. I. Instantaneous rate of change -- 1. Prom night -- 2. Question mark -- 3. Instantaneous rate of change -- 4. Rise and fall -- 5. Life's mighty question -- 6. American woman -- 7. Sympathy -- 8. Crash test dummy -- pt. II. Many dwelling places -- 1. Liar, liar, liar -- 2. Breaking in -- 3. Three tens and a nine -- 4. Bad papers -- 5. Talk radio -- 6. Many dwelling places -- 7. Salon Ocampo -- 8. Black market -- 9. Comal -- 10. Manhunt -- 11. Social inequality -- 12. The concept of citizenship -- 13. Sorority girls -- 14. Friendly banter -- 15. Auto theft -- 16. Machismo -- 17. Liberación -- 18. Physical evidence -- 19. Portrait of a pariah -- 20. Yo pago impuestos -- 21. Live from the border -- 22. Caution -- pt. III. Lo que pasó pasó (What happened happened) -- 1. Headwaters -- 2. Tancredoland -- 3. Guilty as charged -- 4. Well-ordered society -- 5. Blessing -- 6. Surprise appearance -- 7. Gun show -- 8. Laugh now, cry later -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments; Abierta a los investigadores bajo las restricciones de la biblioteca
N2  - "Just Like Us" offers a powerful account of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver--two of whom have legal documentation, two of whom who don't--and the challenges they face as they attempt to pursue the American dream
ER  -