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Against the backdrop of his teenage sister's car accident-in which a dump truck filled with sand slammed into the small car carrying her and her friends-Jon Pineda chronicles his sister Rica's sudden transformation from a vibrant high school cheerleader to a girl wheelchair bound and unable to talk. For the next five years of her life, her only ability to communicate was through her rudimentary use of sign language. Lyrical in its approach and unflinching in its honesty, Sleep in Me is a heartrending memoir of the coming-of-age of a boy haunted by a family tragedy.A prize-winning poet's account of the irreparable damage and the new understanding that tragedy brings to his Filipino American family, Pineda's book is a remarkable story maneuvering between childhood memories of his sister cheerleading and moments of monitoring her in a coma and changing her adult diapers. Pineda adeptly navigates between these moments of idyllic youth and heartbreaking sadness. Vivid and lyrical, his story is an exploration of what it means to live deeply with tragedy and of the impact such a story can have on a boy's journey to manhood.
Contents
Acknowledgments1. Learning the LanguageBeneath the SurfaceAn Almost Perfect CircleSliderFirst TimeThe ClothespinPunkerAltar BoysSpiritII. An Endless RetellingMy Father, in Some Small Corner of MemoryTranslucentDioramaAn Entire Life Story, Instead of a Loaf of BreadThe First DreamA Collective ForgettingYellowHuman ChainSleepGreat BridgeThe Same ExpressionThe Object of My AffectionIII. The Unknowable FutureBrutal PupilAlmost MorningThe Other BoySuspension of DisbeliefBirthmarkHello AgainFlat BottomThe PaintingWaiting for SentencesShort LifeIV. Silver Plastic SuitThe Idea of WeightDogPensacola, by Way of New OrleansPromisesEverything and NothingJust in CaseReturnV. The SkyThe Wrong BusHomecomingRitualAnother HomecomingOld Nags Head Road
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