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What is In the Country about?

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In these nine globe-trotting tales, Mia Alvar gives voice to the women and men of the Philippines and its diaspora. From teachers to housemaids, from mothers to sons, Alvar’s stories explore the universal experiences of loss, displacement, and the longing to connect across borders both real and imagined. In the Country speaks to the heart of everyone who has ever searched for a place to call home—and marks the arrival of a formidable new voice in literature.

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What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in In the Country?

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Fiction > Fiction / Literature / Comics / Graphic novels: special features > Short stories

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Where can I read a sample of In the Country?

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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780804171496

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book In the Country?

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Mia Alvar

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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In the Country is available as paperback(ISBN 9780804171496) and altformat(ISBN 9780385352819) and ebook(ISBN 9780385352840)

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