Lolo’s sister Florida, or Florie, is “the matriarch of the matriarchs” in Jose Antonio Vargas’s family. After she married a Filipino American who was serving in the U.S. Marines, she became the first person in the family to move to the U.S. She then petitioned for her other siblings, including Lolo, to follow her.
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Aunt Florie Character Timeline in Dear America
The timeline below shows where the character Aunt Florie appears in Dear America. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Chapter 2: The Wrong Country
At his welcome party, Jose met Lolo’s siblings, Florie, Rosie, and David. Jose also met Florie’s husband, Bernie, and their kids, Bernie Jr. and...
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Part 1, Chapter 5: Filipinos
...well-to-do Manila family, while his mother came from a working-class rural family. When her aunt Florie fell in love with an American Marine, Florie moved to the U.S. with him and...
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...barely scraped by working as a food server and security guard, renting a house from Florie, and sending what they could to Mama. When he joined Lolo and Lola in California,...
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