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Almost a woman

Author: Esmeralda Santiago
Publisher: Reading, Mass. : Perseus Books, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Moving beyond the poignant childhood story she told in "When I Was Puerto Rican", Esmeralda Santiago- author of "American Dream" and one of the country's leading Latina voices- recalls her extraordinary journey into womanhood.
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Santiago, Esmeralda.
Almost a woman.
Reading, Mass. : Perseus Books, 1998
(OCoLC)656311899
Named Person: Esmeralda Santiago
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Esmeralda Santiago
ISBN: 0738200433 9780738200439
OCLC Number: 39847854
Notes: Continues: When I was Puerto Rican; continued by: The Turkish lover.
"A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Description: 313 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: "Martes, ni te cases, ni te embarques, ni de tu familia te apartes." --
"Something could happen to you." --
"I don't care what American girls do." --
"Are you going to be famous?" --
"But they're still illegitimate." --
"What's a Cleopatra dress?" --
"Don't you want to sound Puerto Rican?" --
"I don't care if the whole world is going." --
"She's not exactly Method." --
"Stop thinking and dance." --
"It must be a sin to be so disrespectful to the Virgin." --
"Who do you think you are?" --
"Pearls bring tears." --
" Music inside her." --
"What size bra do you wear?" --
"It wouldn't look right."" --
"Your face is no longer innocent." --
"Where were you last night?" --
"For that slave-girl look..." --
"It is the way it must be.""
Responsibility: Esmeralda Santiago.
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Moving beyond the poignant childhood story she told in "When I Was Puerto Rican", Esmeralda Santiago- author of "American Dream" and one of the country's leading Latina voices- recalls her extraordinary journey into womanhood.

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Buen libro

by gabriela161089 (WorldCat user published 2007-04-25) Very Good Permalink
Es un muy buen libro sobre la emigracion y como sufren las personas.
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