CHICANA is based on a true story of loss and pain, and ultimately triumph. Fleeing the deadly influenza pandemic, known as the Spanish Flu, that ravaged their small village in northern Mexico, the remnant of this family ran for their lives across the Mexico/U.S. border.They hoped of escaping the killer epidemic and making a better life for their family.This is the gripping story of one family's struggle to make it to America and beat the harsh conditions of illegal immigration. Can they escape a life of poverty and abuse? Will their children and grandchildren succeed in America? This gripping account covers five generations and is a book every American should read, truly the other side of the immigration issue.
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