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When I was Puerto Rican

Author: Esmeralda Santiago
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc., 1994. ©1993
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : English : First Vintage Books editionView all editions and formats
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[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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Autobiographies
Biographies
Biography
Named Person: Esmeralda Santiago; Esmeralda Santiago
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Esmeralda Santiago
ISBN: 0679756760 9780679756767 0679756965 9780679756965 0606162631 9780606162630
OCLC Number: 30894714
Notes: Continued by: Almost a woman.
Originally published: New York : Addison-Wesley, 1993.
Description: 274 pages ; 21 cm
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.
Responsibility: Esmeralda Santiago.
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[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.

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