![]() ![]() There are a couple of interconnected stories, but otherwise, each piece stands alone, and as all good short stories, they are worlds unto themselves. Narrative voice changes depending on who Alvar wants you best to understand. There are many different characters, different settings from Manila to Bahrein to America. These bare facts don’t tell you much, but the stories collected in her first book, In the Country, most of which are well written and compelling, dig deeply into the Philippine diaspora experience. She went to Harvard and got an MFA at Columbia. She grew up first in Bahrein and then her parents came to America, so from her pre-teen years onward, she was raised and now lives in New York City. Mia Alvar is a young writer who was born in Manila. Ebook versions available at lower prices. ![]()
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