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Synopsis
"Not only for readers who share [Santiago's] experiences but for North Americans who seek to understand what it means to be the other."--The Boston Globe
In her new memoir, the acclaimed author of When I Was Puerto Rican continues the riveting chronicle of her emergence from the barrios of Brooklyn to the theaters of Manhattan.
"Negi," as Santiago's family affectionately calls her, leaves rural Macún in 1961 to live in a...
About the Author
Esmeralda Santiago lives in Westchester County, New York, with her husband and two children.
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"Martes, ni te cases, ni te embarques, ni de tu familia te apartes."
In the twenty-one years I lived with my mother, we moved at least twenty times. We stuffed our belongings into ragged suitcases, boxes with bold advertising on the sides, pillowcases, empty rice sacks, cracker tins that smelled of flour and yeast. Whatever we couldn't carry, we left behind: dressers with...
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 037570521X
- ISBN 13 9780375705212
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages336
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