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Sleep in me

Jon Pineda · 2010

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Against the backdrop of his teenage sister{u2019}s car accident{u2014}in which a dump truck filled with sand slammed into the small car carrying her and her friends{u2014}Jon Pineda chronicles his sister Rica{u2019}s sudden transformation from a vibrant high school cheerleader to a girl wheelchair-bound and unable to talk. For the next five years of her life, her only ability to communicate was through her rudimentary use of sign language. This is his coming-of-age memoir of the boy haunted by family tragedy.

Book details

Year
2010
Language
English
Series
American lives
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Editions
1
Pages
153
ISBN
9780803225350

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