Martinez, Victor,  1954-2011. <br/><br/>
Parrot in the oven :  mi vida : a novel / 
 Perico en el horno. 
by Victor Martinez. 
 - Revised edition. 
 - 216 pages ;  18 cm. 
<br/><br/> 'Joanna Cotler books.'  Includes reader's guide.  National Book Award winner. Winner of the Pura Belpre Award. 
<br/><br/> Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0064471861 9780064471862  Hadiah 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Families--Fiction.<br/>Alcoholism--Fiction.<br/>Mexican Americans--Fiction.<br/>National Book Awards.