Julio, a ten year old bright boy, is the only survivor of his family when the flood of the century killed about five thousand people on Saturday, December 7, 1941 at the northern part of Huaras, Ancash, Peru. His cousin, Esperanza, takes charge of him. Together they go to Lima, suffer hardships to earn their secondary diplomas in order to enter the United States of America as immigrants and become worthy, naturalized citizens.
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Dorila A. Marting, mother of two, was born in Peru and came to the United States ’as an immigrant to the land of freedom and opportunities.’ For many years, Marting was a correspondent for the Arizona Republic and the Arizona Daily Sun. She received her M.A. from the University of Arizona, and spent the rest of her career teaching. Peruvian Short Stories is her second book.
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