For Love of the Dollar
A Memoir
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Emigration & Immigration, Biography & Memoir, Literary
| Author: | J.M. Servin | ISBN: | 9781944700393 |
| Publisher: | The Unnamed Press | Publication: | March 21, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The Unnamed Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | J.M. Servin |
| ISBN: | 9781944700393 |
| Publisher: | The Unnamed Press |
| Publication: | March 21, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The Unnamed Press |
| Language: | English |
For Love of the Dollar is a young writer’s tale of ambitions undermined by economic forces, racial divides and artistic hubris. Hilarious, irreverent, even cynical, Servín worked in kitchens, gas stations, golf courses, and finally, as a “manny" for a dysfunctional Connecticut family. His view of the plight of the undocumented worker confronts as much what it means to be Mexican, as it does American, laying bare a version of the American dream few have had the courage to articulate.
For Love of the Dollar is a young writer’s tale of ambitions undermined by economic forces, racial divides and artistic hubris. Hilarious, irreverent, even cynical, Servín worked in kitchens, gas stations, golf courses, and finally, as a “manny" for a dysfunctional Connecticut family. His view of the plight of the undocumented worker confronts as much what it means to be Mexican, as it does American, laying bare a version of the American dream few have had the courage to articulate.
