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The circuit

Jiménez, Francisco

1997128 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1997
first published
  • 1997University of New Mexico Press · 146 pages · ENGISBN 9781536427936
  • 1999Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 128 pages · ENGISBN 9780547377209
  • 2008Paw PrintsISBN 9781439569696
  • 2023HarperCollins Publishers · ENGISBN 9780358348214
  • 2023HarperCollins Publishers · ENGISBN 9780358348221

These independent but intertwined stories follow a migrant family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries to topping carrots - and back again - over a number of years. As it moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family of four grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But with faith, hope, and back-breaking work, the family endures.

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