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When I was Puerto Rican

Author: Esmeralda Santiago
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st Vintage Books edView all editions and formats
Summary:
[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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Named Person: Esmeralda Santiago
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Esmeralda Santiago
ISBN: 0679756760 9780679756767 0679756965 9780679756965
OCLC Number: 30894714
Notes: Continued by: Almost a woman.
Originally published: New York : Addison-Wesley, 1993.
Description: 274 p. ; 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.

Abstract:

[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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