The Seat at the Dinner Table
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Joy was only sixteen when she mistook kindness for love. A third-year high school student, she carried life with quiet resilience. Her parents had died when she was a child, leaving her to the care of her grandmother, Lola Cora, whose wrinkled hands worked tirelessly to keep food on their small wooden table. Joy dreamed of becoming a teacher someday, but dreams often fade when loneliness finds a place to live.
Author: Garrido, Rey Rom
Institution: Biliran Province State University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204256067