Carta a la Tierra

Me llamo Asia y... lo confieso: tengo cuarenta años. Aunque también tengo negocio propio, casa, hijos y un marido, de vez en cuando. Pero... estoy casi segura de que no soy la persona que creo que debería ser... ¿o sí? No sé... El caso es que, de repente, he descubierto que la vida se me ha despistado y no me ha dejado hacer, sentir y experimentar todo lo que tenía que haber probado, explorado y percibido antes de llegar a esta «crítica» edad. Y, por lo visto, el resto del mundo también se ha dado cuenta ya que se ha confabulado con mis sueños, para hacer realidad mis fantasías...

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I was born into the family of William Julius and Emilie (Baudat) Gayle on August 30, 1919 They decided to name me Luella Celestine for my two grandmothers...Luella Love (Sanders) Gayle and Celestine (Pichon) Baudat. I did not like the name and was very happy that they decided to call me “Celeste.” At the time of my birth, my brother Milton was almost two, having been born September 2, 1917. Unfortunately, he died with Diphtheria on December 11, 1921, when I was only two. Mom and Dad had previously lost a son, Dalton, who died April 13, 1915 at the age of 16 months. He was born December 8, ...

En esta obra encontrará ocho historias de la vida real, donde se plasman los sentimientos, el sufrimiento, las penurias y las calamidades que viven un inmigrante ilegal en Estados Unidos. También resalta los valores de las familias mexicanas, el éxito y todo lo que tuvieron que hacer para alcanzar el llamado "sueño americano".