TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patricia Cardoso
AU  - Patricia Cardoso
AU  - Josefina Lopez
AU  - George LaVoo
AU  - America Ferrera
AU  - Lupe Ontiveros
AU  - Ingrid Oliu
TI  - Real Women Have Curves
AV  - PN1997 .R435 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - United States
PB  - HBO Films, Newmarket Films, LaVoo Productions
N1  - Special features include:
- Audio commentary with America Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros
- Audio commentary with Patricia Cardoso, Josefina Lopez and George LaVoo
- Cast and Crew biography

N2  - From case cover:
Should she leave home, go to college and experience life? Or stay home, get married, and keep working in her sister's struggling garment factory?
It may seem like an easy decision, but for 18 year-old Ana, every choice she makes this summer will change her life.
At home, she is bound to a mother who wants her to become someone she's not. But at school, she's encouraged by a teacher who sees per potential, and adored by a boyfriend who loves her for who she is.
Right now, Ana may be making clothes for less shapely women. But she's about to discover that real women take chances, have flaws, embrace life, and above all, have curves!

; From IMDb:
This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a woman. She lives in the predominately Latino community of East Los Angeles. Freshly graduated from high school, Ana receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. Her very traditional, old-world parents feel that now is the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college. Torn between her mainstream ambitions and her cultural heritage she agrees to work with her mother at her sister's downtown LA sewing factory. Over the summer she learns to admire the hardworking team of women who teach her solidarity and teamwork. Still at odds with what her mother expects of her, Ana realizes that leaving home to continue her education is essential to finding her place proudly in the world as an American and Chicana
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