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02 Mar / Cebu by Peter Bacho [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

CebuBen Lucero, a Filipino American priest, arrives in the Philippines for the first time to bury his mother in her homeland. As a guest of his Aunt Clara, his mother’s lifelong best friend, he experiences the life of the wealthy and powerful, while witnessing the plight of the deprived and oppressed … and finds all his moral and religious beliefs thrown into question.

Review: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Gale Research, 1997

Readers: Adult

Published: 1991

By Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Filipina/o, Filipina/o American, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American Tags > Betrayal, BookDragon, Cebu, Colonialism, Family, Haves vs. have-nots, Parent/child relationship, Peter Bacho, What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature
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