The Resource Mother tongue : my family's globe-trotting quest to dream in Mandarin, laugh in Arabic, and sing in Spanish, Christine Gilbert
Mother tongue : my family's globe-trotting quest to dream in Mandarin, laugh in Arabic, and sing in Spanish, Christine Gilbert
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The item Mother tongue : my family's globe-trotting quest to dream in Mandarin, laugh in Arabic, and sing in Spanish, Christine Gilbert represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
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- Summary
- "One woman's quest to learn Mandarin in Beijing, Arabic in Beirut, and Spanish in Mexico, with her young family along for the ride"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxiv, 307 p.
- Isbn
- 9781592407927
- Label
- Mother tongue : my family's globe-trotting quest to dream in Mandarin, laugh in Arabic, and sing in Spanish
- Title
- Mother tongue
- Title remainder
- my family's globe-trotting quest to dream in Mandarin, laugh in Arabic, and sing in Spanish
- Statement of responsibility
- Christine Gilbert
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "One woman's quest to learn Mandarin in Beijing, Arabic in Beirut, and Spanish in Mexico, with her young family along for the ride"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1977-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gilbert, Christine
- Dewey number
-
- 910.4092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gilbert, Christine
- Gilbert, Christine
- Travel writers
- Language and languages
- Language and languages
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General
- TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues
- Label
- Mother tongue : my family's globe-trotting quest to dream in Mandarin, laugh in Arabic, and sing in Spanish, Christine Gilbert
- Control code
- BK0017603593
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xxiv, 307 p.
- Isbn
- 9781592407927
- Lccn
- 2016006540
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- Mother tongue : my family's globe-trotting quest to dream in Mandarin, laugh in Arabic, and sing in Spanish, Christine Gilbert
- Control code
- BK0017603593
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xxiv, 307 p.
- Isbn
- 9781592407927
- Lccn
- 2016006540
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- Gilbert, Christine -- Family
- Gilbert, Christine -- Travel
- Language and languages -- Self-instruction
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues
- Travel writers -- United States -- Biography
- Language and languages -- Study and teaching
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General
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