O.C.W: A Young Boy’s Search for His Mother

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Author: Carla M. Pacis
Illustrator: Yasmin Ong

In Carla M. Pacis’s third novel, she tells a story familiar to many families. A mother leaves her loved ones to work in Hong Kong, hoping to make a better life for her husband and children. Her departure, however, threatens to tear apart the very family she leaves for love.

Out of a sense of desperation and responsibility as the eldest son, Tonyo embarks on an almost foolhardy quest to leave the island where he was born and bring his mother back home. The adventures he meets and the characters he encounters, from the dark ports of Manila to the glittering streets of Hong Kong, give uncanny life to the issues of familial sacrifice and overseas labor which have now marked the lives of numerous Filipinos.

ISBN: 9789712734069
Imprint/Category: Anvil Teens • 0.200 kg • 5.5 × 8.5 in • Newsprint • 1999 • English • 184 pages