Dancing with Mao and Miguel

By Kitty Kroger
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Published: March 30, 2012
Words: 91,695 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780984928811

Short description

Dancing with Mao and Miguel is a riveting love story set against the backdrop of radical politics in the 1970s. Jenny, an organizer in a refinery in New Jersey, falls in love with a Dominican immigrant. As she’s drawn ever closer to him, she struggles with intense political doubts, longtime fears of intimacy and sex, and personal betrayal on the way to discovering her own path.

Extended description

Dancing with Mao and Miguel is the riveting story of love set against the backdrop of radical politics in the 1970s. A young woman strives to discover her own path in the face of personal and political obstacles.

When Jenny Apple meets Miguel, a fellow worker from the Dominican Republic, in a New Jersey factory, she is captivated by his revolutionary past but terrified by her attraction to him. Although she herself is involved in revolutionary work, she is consumed with doubts about the efficacy of fundamental social change in the U.S. She feels detached from her comrades and has grown weary of organizing in factories. As Jenny is drawn ever closer to Miguel, she attempts to surmount these misgivings as well as conquer her longtime fears of intimacy. Just when she may be making progress, she's thrust into a series of betrayals that threaten to devastate her.

Tags

love, child abuse, feminism, communism, revolution, marxism, socialism, radical, 1970s, new jersey, jersey city, unions, unfaithfulness, dominican republic, phobias, political activism, organizing, cultural differences, sexuality and relationships, factories, sex and intimacy, latinos, sectarian politics, dogmatic politics, union organizing, partybuillding, maoism, bluecollar work, industrial proletariat, dominican revolution

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