When a Woman Rises

By Christine Eber
Paperback: $16.95

Two Zapatista women, bound by cultural expectations, struggle to express the truth of their lives in the highlands of Chiapas.

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Cuando una mujer se levanta
By Christine Eber

Description

Magdalena summons the soul of her friend, Lucia, who migrated north to find work and disappeared. She tells daughter Veronica how they yearned to be teachers. How poverty and gender roles stole away their dreams. Yet, each woman remained true to herself, Lucia as a Zapatista leader and curandera; Magdalena as a weaver and community organizer. But poverty is cruel.

About the Creators

Christine Eber

Christine Eber lived for a year with a family in San Pedro Chenalhó in 1987, doing fieldwork for her PhD in Anthropology. She shared daily life with women and their families, witnessing the difficulties they faced. It changed her life. Now, as a respected anthropologist, she continues to work with the Indigenous women of Chiapas, visiting communities on a regular basis and supporting the woman-organized weaving collectives. Her most recent book is The Journey of a Tzotzil-Maya Woman: Pass Well Over the Earth, which she co-authored with Antonia. She lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico, with her husband, Mike, and dog Sami.

Awards

  • Balcones Fiction Prize Finalist

    Austin Community College District Creative Writing Department

  • International Latino Book Award Finalist

    Empowering Latino Futures

  • New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Winner

    New Mexico Book Co-op

Reviews

  • * "This is a wonderfully written coming-of-age novel with a great balance of anecdotes about the Chiapas culture and a central driving narrative about tragedy and the lives of women bound by culture and expectations."

    - School Library Journal

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781941026847
  • Publication Date Sep 25, 2018
  • Trim Size 9 × 6 in
  • Weight 0.6875 lbs
  • Page Count 208
  • Hardcover

  • ISBN 9781941026779
  • Publication Date Oct 23, 2018
  • Trim Size 9 × 6 in
  • Weight 1.125 lbs
  • Page Count 208
  • Interests

  • Audience Adult
  • BISAC Category 1 FICTION / Women
  • BISAC Category 2 FICTION / Coming of Age
  • BISAC Category 3 FICTION / Cultural Heritage
  • Themes Animals, Breaking Gender Barriers, Courage, Families, Fiction, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, LGBTQIA+, Persistence / Grit, Poverty, Realistic Fiction
  • Reading Levels

  • Guided Reading Adult
  • Interest Level Adult
  • Reading Level Adult
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