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020			_a9789712734069
082			_aFil. 813 P118o 2001
100			_aPacis, Carla M.
245			_aO.C.W. a young boy's search for his mother _cCarla M. Pacis ; illustrated by Yasmin Ong
250			_aRevised edition
260			_aMandaluyong City _bAnvil Publishing, Inc. _c2001
300			_a182 pages _c22 x14 cm.
520			_astory about a mother who 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 sense of desperation and responsibility as the eldest son, Tonio 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 street of Hong Kong, gives uncanny life to the issues of familial sacrifice and overseas labor which have now marked the lives of numerous Filipinos.
526			_aFILIPINIANA _d895
650			_aMothers and sons -- Fiction.
650			_aHongkong -- Fiction.
650			_aPhilippine fiction (English).
700			_aOng, Yasmin.
942			_2ddc _cBK