03601cam a2200361 4500 522171395 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781483056289 1483056287 749d84fb-a888-4522-8c7b-a3c5f2395046 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9781982489939 9781982489939 106287 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Boyle, T. C. The Tortilla Curtain [Libby]. Blackstone Publishing, 2006. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 325MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 324MB. Drama. Fiction. HTML:<p>In this explosive and timely novel, T. C. Boyle explores an issue that is at the forefront of the political arena. He confronts the controversy over illegal immigration head-on, illuminating through a poignant, gripping story the people on both sides of the issue: the haves and the have-nots.<br /> <br /> In Southern California's Topanga Canyon, two couples live in close proximity and yet are worlds apart. High atop a hill overlooking the canyon, nature writer Delaney Mossbacher and his wife, real estate agent Kyra Menaker-Mossbacher, reside in an exclusive, secluded housing development with their son, Jordan. The Mossbachers are agnostic liberals with a passion for recycling and fitness. Camped out in a ravine at the bottom of the canyon are Cándido and América Rincón, a Mexican couple who have crossed the border illegally. On the edge of starvation, they search desperately for work in the hope of moving into an apartment before their baby is born. They cling to their vision of the American dream, which, no matter how hard they try to achieve it, manages to elude their grasp at every turn.<br /> <br /> A chance, violent encounter brings together Delaney and Cándido, instigating a chain of events that eventually culminates in a harrowing confrontation. The novel shifts back and forth between the two couples, giving voice to each of the four main characters as their lives become inextricably intertwined and their worlds collide. The Rincóns' search for the American dream, and the Mossbachers' attempts to protect it, comprise the heart of the story. In scenes that are alternately comic, frightening, and satirical, but always all "too real," Boyle confronts not only immigration but social consciousness, environmental awareness, crime, and unemployment in a tale that raises the curtain on the dark side of the American dream.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Audie Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:21:58. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/106287-TheTortillaCurtain.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/106287-TheTortillaCurtain.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=749D84FB-A888-4522-8C7B-A3C5F2395046&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/106287-TheTortillaCurtain.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/106287-TheTortillaCurtain.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=749D84FB-A888-4522-8C7B-A3C5F2395046&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)