Almost a woman
by Esmeralda Santiago
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"Negi," as the author's family affectionately calls her, leaves rural Macun in 1961 to live in a three-bedroom tenement apartment with seven siblings, an inquisitive grandmother, & a strict mother who won't allow her to date. At thirteen, Negi yearns for her own bed, privacy, & her father, who remains in Puerto Rico. Translating for Mami at the welfare office in the morning, starring as Cleopatra at New York's Performing Arts High School in the afternoon, & dancing salsa all night, she also seeks to find balance between being American & Puerto Rican. When Negi defies her mother by going on a series of dates, she finds the independence brings challenges. At one a universally poignant coming-of-age tale & a heartfelt immigrant's story, this book is the author's journey into womanhood.
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Biography, Childhood and youth, Puerto Rican women, Puerto Ricans, Niñez y juventud, Puertorriqueños, Biografía, Spanish language materials, Nueva York, Mujeres puertorriqueñas, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Puerto ricans, united states, Hispanic american women, New york (n.y.), biography, Women, biography, Women, united states, biography, Biographies & autobiographies, GeneralPeople
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Continues: When I was Puerto Rican; continued by: The Turkish lover.
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"Author's third novel and a long-awaited sequel to her first autobiographical novel, Cuando era puertorriqueña. She continues to chronicle her life as she leaves her childhood behind and enters adult life where her American values increasingly clash with those of her Puerto Rican parents. Most of all, this novel helps understand how Esmeralda Santiago, the writer was formed and became a writer"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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