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A Daughters a Daughter follows three generations of women in a familybeginning with Liberata the only daughter of the most prosperous farmer in LosRafas. When she decides to marry a handsome opportunist Liberataunquestioningly expects to live out a happy life along the traditional courseset forth by her forebears only to discover that her husband is abusive andunfaithful. Liberata communicates her distrust of men to her daughterMar????????a who does not understand but instead follows her mothers exampleand obediently conducts her life with traditional values. The women in thefamily repeat the lives of their mothers until Mar????????as daughter Irenebreaks the pattern. In the process she discovers and learns to value herChicano roots and rebels against the oppressive gender roles of the previousgenerations. Finally as Liberata lies dying Irene discovers a shocking secretabout the origin of the legacy she has been given. «
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