Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

• Mar-1994
• / General Fiction
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Blending the myths of the Philippines with the tragic history of the Filipino people, a visionary novel chronicles World War II's Japanese invasion of the Philippines, as nine-year-old Yvonne flees to the jungle seeking refuge, strength, and hope. A ...

• May-2003
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In this fine short-story collection, 29 Filipino American writers explore the universal challenges of adolescence from the unique perspectives of teens in the Philippines or in the U.S. Organized into five sections--Family, Angst, Friendship, Love, a...

• Aug-2008
• / Historical
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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard has written an ambitious novel of forbidden love. Set against the turbulent history of East Asia in the twentieth century and by turns erotic and tragic, Magdalena vividly depicts three generations of strong Filipino wom...

• Sep-2009
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Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults is the second volume of the Growing Up Filipino series by PALH. In this collection of 27 short stories, Filipino and Filipino American writers explore the universal challenges and experiences of F...

• Mar-2011
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Acapulco at Sunset and Other Stories is award-winning author, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's second short story collection. The seventeen enchanting Filipino short stories are grouped into four categories: Long Ago Tales, Stories from the '60s and '70s...

• Mar-2011
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In this, her third collection of short stories, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard shows an uncanny talent for speaking in varied voices that bridge time and place: she is at home in Vigan, the mythical Ubec (Cebu), Sagada, Manila, Cusco, Peru, Calcutta, Ch...

• Mar-2011
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"Woman With Horns and Other Stories" is the first collection by award-winning author, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard. The book has a dozen fascinating stories that take the readers back to a Philippine past, historical and contemporaneous, against a back...

• Feb-2012
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Out of Cebu collects 28 essays by award-winning author, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard. Many of the essays are about Cebu, Philippines: its history, the places to see in this southern Philippine city, her experiences growing there, and colorful accounts ...

• Nov-2012
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This is another book by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, internationally celebrated and award-winning author and editor. Cecilia’s Diary: 1962-1969, is a faithful record of Brainard’s days as a young colegiala in the Philippines. It is refreshing an...

• Aug-2015
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Fiction by Filipinos in America is a highly acclaimed collection of stories by established and emerging Filipino and Filipino American writers. World Literature Today says, "(Editor) Manguerra Brainard's selection is a delight. Some of the stories ar...

• Apr-2016
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“This collective and collaborative novel proves that writers share much more than just an interest in, as one of the authors puts it, ‘the idea of creating something of rare beauty out of nothing at all.’ They share a Creative Unconscious that,...

• Nov-2018
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Please, San Antonio! & Melisande in Paris are two delightful novellas written by award-winnng authors about women who journey to Rome and Paris and find creativity, identity, love, and healing.

In Eve La Salle Caram's Please, San Antonio!, a...

• Aug-2021
• / Literary
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A Different Kind of Mystery/Detective NovelShortlisted for the Inaugural Cirilo F. Bautista PrizeFinalist for the 37th National Book Award in the PhilippinesFilipina American author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's novel, THE NEWSPAPER WIDOW, is a litera...

• Aug-2021
• / Literary
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Winner 40th National Book Award Best Book Short Fiction EnglishFinalist Gintong Aklat AwardSelected Short Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard collects 39 of the award-winning Filipina American author's short fiction. The book includes some of her b...

• Oct-2022
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• Oct-2022
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Finalist 41st National Book Award, Anthology English GROWING UP FILIPINO 3: NEW STORIES FOR YOUNG ADULTS collects 25 short stories by Filipino authors in the US and the Philippines about what it means to be young and Filipino. The stories explore the...

• / Action Adventure
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The Beginning and Other Asian Folktales is a collection of 18 folktales from Laos (Hmong), the Philippines, Japan, Vietnam, Sumatra, Bali, India, China, Korea. This children's book was originally published in 1995, as a project of PAWWA (Philippine A...

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CONTEMPORARY FICTION BY FILIPINOS IN AMERICA, edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, collects 26 short stories by Filipino and Philippine American writers, including Luis Cabalquinto, Linda Ty-Casper, Jay Ruben Dayrit, Alma Jill Dizon, Ligaya Victoria...