Crux : a cross-border memoir
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Published
New York : One World, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 324 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Status
Regency Park Branch Library - BOOK - Adult
362.29 GUERRERO
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Published
New York : One World, [2018].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Throughout Jean Guerrero's childhood, her father, Marco Antonio, was an erratic and elusive presence. A self-taught genius at fixing, creating, and conjuring things--and capable of transforming himself into a shaman, dreamcaster, or animal whisperer in his enchanted daughter's eyes--he gradually began to lose himself in his peculiar obsessions, careening wildly between reality and hallucination. In time, he fled his family and responsibilities--to Asia, Europe, and eventually back to Mexico. He succumbed to drug- and alcohol-fueled manias, while suffering the effects of what he said were CIA mind-control experiments. As soon as she was old enough, Jean set out after him. Now a journalist, she used the tools of her trade to find answers to the questions he left behind. In this lyrical, haunting memoir, Jean Guerrero tries to locate the border between truth and fantasy as she searches for explanations for her father's behavior. Refusing to accept an alleged schizophrenia diagnosis at face value, she takes Marco Antonio's dark paranoia seriously and investigates all his wildest claims. She crisscrosses the Mexican-American border to unearth the stories of cousins and grandparents and discovers a chain of fabulists and mystics in her lineage, going back to her great-great-grandmother, a clairvoyant curandera who was paid to summon spirits from the afterlife. As she delves deeper and deeper into her family's shadowy past, Jean begins mirroring her father's self-destructive behavior. She risks death on her adventures, imperiling everything in her journey to redeem her father from the underworld of his delusions.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Guerrero, J. (2018). Crux: a cross-border memoir (First edition.). One World.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Guerrero, Jean. 2018. Crux: A Cross-border Memoir. One World.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Guerrero, Jean. Crux: A Cross-border Memoir One World, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Guerrero, Jean. Crux: A Cross-border Memoir First edition., One World, 2018.

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