When I Was Puerto Rican
[A Memoir]
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2006.
Format: Book
Edition: First Da Capo Press paperback edition.
Description: 278 pages ; 21 cm
[The author's] story begins in rural Puerto Rico, where her warring parents and seven siblings led a life of uproar, but one full of love and tenderness as well. Growing up, Esmeralda learned the proper way to eat a guava, the sound of the tree frogs in the mango groves at night, the taste of the delectable sausage called morcilla, and the formula for ushering a dead baby's soul to heaven. But just when Esmeralda seemed to have learned everything, she was taken to New York City, where the rules - and the language - were bewilderingly different. How Esmeralda overcame adversity, won acceptance to New York City's High School of Performing Arts, and then went on to Harvard, where she graduated with highest honors, is a record of a tremendous journey by a truly remarkable woman.-BooksInPrint.
Contents:
Prologue: how to eat a guava -- Jíbara -- Fighting naked -- Someone is coming to take your lap -- American invasion of Macun -- Why women remain jamona -- Mami gets a job -- Mangle -- Letters from New York -- Casi Señorita -- Dreams of a better life -- Angels on the ceiling -- You don't want to know -- Shot at it -- Epilogue: one of these days.
Subjects:
Santiago, Esmeralda -- Childhood and youth.
Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Puerto Rico -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Santiago, Esmeralda -- Childhood and youth.
Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Puerto Rico -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Target Audience: 1020L
ISBN:
0306814528
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Santiago, Esmeralda | Sandhills Indoors | Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Santiago, Esmeralda | St. Andrews Indoors | Biography | In |
Continued by: Almost a woman.
Originally published: New York : Addison-Wesley, ©1993.
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Includes reader's guide (pages [275]-278).
Originally published: New York : Addison-Wesley, ©1993.
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Includes reader's guide (pages [275]-278).