Memoirs of a Barrio Girl - Clarita Antiado Abraham

Memoirs of a Barrio Girl

By Clarita Antiado Abraham

  • Release Date: 2019-08-02
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Description

At 91, Clarita Antiado Abraham fully lives up to her name: Clarity in story telling. 

In this book, she gives an insider’s view of life in a remote village, captures the delightful nuances and brings the readers back to an bygone era with her fascinating narrative.

Having written — she still continues to write — over the years, Lola Claring’s collection contains raw details: growing up without electricity, life in their hideouts during Japanese occupation, back-breaking work on a farm, disease, post-war recovery, courtship.

For the most part, her stories are set within a few square kilometers in a remote part of the island of Luzon, Philippines. In nutshell: The simple joys of provincial life.

Yet every page jumps out with interesting vignettes on family, traditions, practices, even community medicine. 

“Lola Claring” is a grandmother and, now, also a a great grandmother. She belongs to that rare breed of modern-day storytellers that enrich our time. 

She harvests elements from an otherwise forgotten yet storied past, from the point of view of a barrio lass, and preserves it for the next generation.

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