Alvar, Mia  (1978 -) <br/><br/>
In the country :  stories 
/ Mia Alvar 
 - New York  : Vintage Books  , 2015 
 - 347 p.  ; 21 cm 
<br/><br/>The kontrabida -- The miracle worker -- Legends of the white lady -- Shadow families -- The Virgin of Monte Ramon -- Esmeralda -- Old girl -- A contract overseas -- In the country. 
<br/><br/> Mia Alvar's debut gives us a vivid picture of the Filipino diaspora: exiles and emigrants and wanderers uprooting their families to begin new lives in the Middle East and America - and, sometimes, turning back. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780804171496 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Short stories, American<br/>Filipinos ----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3601.L863  / A6 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>FIC ALV