TY - BOOK AU - Ayala, Tita Lacambra TI - The side of bananas: ten familial essays AV - PN 6141.A97 .Si13 1985 PY - 1985/// CY - Davao City PB - Ateneo de Davao University and JVA Management Corporation KW - Philippine essays (English) KW - sears N1 - Banning the bra, Some watery thoughts, Garlic-wonder drung, Eartquake report, In defense of black sheep, A rhymes for June, Learning to be a grandmother, A matter of independence, A lot of sweet teeth, Lessons from bonsai N2 - Contains short stories of Tita Ayala mostly on topics affecting common people yet interesting to examine at close range. As a reader plunges in to her writings, one realizes tidbits of truths and discoveries that could be deciphered through wisdom,experience and sensitivity to environment. Her style of writing is factual yet flavored with lyrical tone ER -