02659cam a2200409 i 4500 986879553 TxAuBib 20231113120000.0 231005s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781542036900 HRD 28.99 1542036909 HRD 28.99 TxAuBib rda eng por Ramon, Paula,. Māe pátria English. Motherland [BOOK] : the disintegration of a family in a collapsed Venezuela : a memoir / Paula Ramón ; with translations by Julia Sanches and Jennifer Shyue. First edition. Seattle : Amazon Crossing, 2023. 237 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In the span of a generation, oil-rich Venezuela spiraled into a dire state of economic collapse. Reporter Paula Ramón experienced the crisis firsthand as her middle-class family saw their quality of life deteriorate. Public services no longer functioned. Money lost its value. Her mother couldn’t afford to buy food, which was increasingly scarce. The once-prosperous country fell into ruin. Like many others, Ramón’s family struggled to survive each day in their beloved city, Maracaibo―until, one by one, they each made the unbearable choice to leave the home they love. In the end, it was Ramón’s mother, a widow, who stayed behind, loyal to the only home she’d ever known. In this heartbreaking mix of lived experience, family chronicle, and journalistic essay, Paula Ramón explores the anguish of her own relationships set against the staggering collapse of a country. Motherland is a uniquely human account about the ties that bind―and the fragile concept of home. -Provided by publisher. Previously published as Māe pátria: a desintegraçāo de uma família na Venezuela em colapso by Companhia das Letras in Brazil in 2020. 20231113. Translated from the Portuguese. Ramón, Paula Family. Women journalists Venezuela Biography. Financial crises Venezuela History 21st century. Petroleum industry and trade Venezuela History 21st century. Venezuela Economic conditions 21st century. Venezuela Social conditions 21st century. Venezuela Emigration and immigration. Autobiographies. Sanches, Julia, translator. Shyue, Jennifer,.