Almost a woman
by Esmeralda Santiago
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From a three-room apartment in Brooklyn occupied by ten family members, Esmeralda Santiago begins a journey that is both a triumphant struggle for identity and independence, and a mother's worst nightmare. Challenged by language barriers, cultural stereotypes, and the fiercely protective Mami, Santiago continues the rollicking ascent she began in When I Was Puerto Rican. By day she perfects the role of Cleopatra at Performing Arts High School and interprets for the family at city welfare offices.
At night she accompanies her mother and sisters to Latin dance halls, but on such a strict leash that she has her first date at the age of twenty. Undaunted, she makes up for lost time in a romantic apprenticeship at once hilarious and heartbreaking.
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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.
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
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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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