Author : Amanda de la Rosa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789053308059
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (8 download)
Book Synopsis The Women of Casa X by : Amanda de la Rosa
Download or read book The Women of Casa X written by Amanda de la Rosa and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One night in Mexico City, Carmen Muñoz, sex worker, was roaming the streets looking for customers. Unexpectedly, she found two colleagues, both over 60 years old, sleeping on the street, covered by newspapers. After almost 40 years of giving service to butchers, porters, refuse collectors and criminals, they were now long forgotten by their families and society. Carmen was confronted with what would be her own fate, like most women of her profession. Striving for dignity for all of them, she organized her colleagues and led a group that resolved to find a home where they could spend their last days in safety and warmth. In 2006, after 12 years of work, and with the support of Mexican intellectuals and artists, the government gave them a 17th-century mansion, where Carmen founded Casa Xochiquetzal Casa X.