Short Story: Youthful Mamá Undocumented, But Resilient!

Cuca’s Conundrums Episode Seventeen: Youthful Mamá, Undocumented, But Resilient! After Cuca’s Pasadena lawyer employer suddenly forces himself on her, Cuca starts a real romantic relationship with Jesse who is happy to court her. They elope without getting married because she has no legal papers and he doesn’t have permission from his parole officer. On the Advise of Jesse’s aunt, the Notary Public, Andrea Godinez Pontrelli, Cuca enrolls in a new Well Baby Program at the Los Angeles County Hospital, where she becomes a bewildered, undocumented but resilient mama to Jesse’s “Alma."

Short Story about undocumented immigrants. Suitable for Hispanic/Latino/Chicano & Multicultural Oral Communication Presentations. 54 pages.

This collection of 17 interrelated short stories was first published by the author,

Norma Landa Flores under the title, “From Jalisco to Boyle Heights: Plays for Reader’s Theatre, Stage or TV, A Collection of 17 Plays for Oral Performance.”

Copyright © PAu-128-796 by the Register of Copyrights, USA on July 9, 2007

These cuentos, stories about thinking in two cultures, speaking in two languages and adapting to everyday bicultural communication interactions with grace, compassion and humor, came from my family, friends and neighbor’s memories and conversations. Cherish them. They are part of our multicultural community’s herencia, inheritance.

Table of Contents: Cuca’s Conundrums

Episode Seventeen: Youthful Mamá Undocumented, But Resilient!

Product Description ...................................................... Page 1

The Valentine’s Day Problem .... Page 2

Gloria’s Bewildering Accusations .....Page 6

The Difficulty About Eloping .... Page 10

Laughing In Public About Cuca’s Problems .... Page 17

The Lemon Meringue Pie Puzzle .... Page 21

Living From Day to Day is a Dilemma .... Page 31

Wondering How to Save Money for the Baby .... Page 34

Cuca’s County Hospital Conundrum .... Page 45

Epilogue: Alma Will Solve Jessie’s Confusion .... Page 51

Peroration: Family Stories are our Multicultural Community’s Inheritance ... Page 53