<P> Bata , Bata ... Pa'no Ka Ginawa ? ( also known as Lea 's Story ) is a novel written in Tagalog by the Filipino female writer , Lualhati Bautista . Bautista uses `` Taglish '' -- a mixture of Tagalog and English , instead of pure Tagalog -- as a stylistic device for her works . The novel is about the role of a woman , like its author , with Filipino society wherein the males were , in the past , assuming more dominant roles in society . The translation of the title is literally , `` Child , Child ... How were you made ? '' although figuratively it actually surpasses its allusion -- or reference -- to the process of reproduction through the revelation of its true , symbolic question - message : `` Child , Child ... How were you molded to become a mature , grown - up person ? '' </P>
<P> Bata , Bata ... Pa'no Ka Ginawa ? ( also known as Lea 's Story ) is a novel written in Tagalog by the Filipino female writer , Lualhati Bautista . Bautista uses `` Taglish '' -- a mixture of Tagalog and English , instead of pure Tagalog -- as a stylistic device for her works . The novel is about the role of a woman , like its author , with Filipino society wherein the males were , in the past , assuming more dominant roles in society . The translation of the title is literally , `` Child , Child ... How were you made ? '' although figuratively it actually surpasses its allusion -- or reference -- to the process of reproduction through the revelation of its true , symbolic question - message : `` Child , Child ... How were you molded to become a mature , grown - up person ? '' </P>
who wrote child child how were you made
who wrote child child how were you made
Filipino female writer , Lualhati Bautista
Filipino female writer , Lualhati Bautista