Woman in Frame by Raissa Rivera Falgui HISTORY

Woman in Frame by Raissa Rivera Falgui HISTORYIn a darkened hall in a plain white box of a building was a portrait of a woman, a girl, reallyan old fashioned girl in a modern frame, leaning against the wall. Other paintings similarly arrayed surrounded her, waiting to take their places in the gallery. Voices echoed in the room, a young mans jeering and a young womans more tentative tones. Cool hands with long, delicate fingers lifted the portrait. Perhaps what drew the young woman to this

I invite you to move your chair closer to where Alfon is sitting and listen with heart as she tells the story of her life in her own words

Though the boy Toto is fictional

Filipinos in Canada provides a strong foundation for future work in this area

the Philippines' largest inland body of water

Steinman discovered the unexpected: a hidden side of her father

Hardcover: 97 pages

but also the United States

When his third novel

"Serves as a reference material for the author who wants to write on Philippine history

"—Gender & Society

So begins Ning’s journey to her country’s colonial past to uncover the story behind the portrait—the story of Marcela

and American policy