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When I Was Puerto Rican
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Author : Esmeralda Santiago
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2006-02-28
When I Was Puerto Rican written by Esmeralda Santiago and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of "The Best Memoirs of a Generation" (Oprah's Book Club): a young woman's journey from the mango groves and barrios of Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, and eventually on to Harvard In a childhood full of tropical beauty and domestic strife, poverty and tenderness, Esmeralda Santiago learned the proper way to eat a guava, the sound of tree frogs, the taste of morcilla, and the formula for ushering a dead baby's soul to heaven. But when her mother, Mami, a force of nature, takes off to New York with her seven, soon to be eleven children, Esmeralda, the oldest, must learn new rules, a new language, and eventually a new identity. In the first of her three acclaimed memoirs, Esmeralda brilliantly recreates her tremendous journey from the idyllic landscape and tumultuous family life of her earliest years, to translating for her mother at the welfare office, and to high honors at Harvard.
When I Was Puerto Rican
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Author : Esmeralda Santiago
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2006-02-28
When I Was Puerto Rican written by Esmeralda Santiago and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of "The Best Memoirs of a Generation" (Oprah's Book Club): a young woman's journey from the mango groves and barrios of Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, and eventually on to Harvard In a childhood full of tropical beauty and domestic strife, poverty and tenderness, Esmeralda Santiago learned the proper way to eat a guava, the sound of tree frogs, the taste of morcilla, and the formula for ushering a dead baby's soul to heaven. But when her mother, Mami, a force of nature, takes off to New York with her seven, soon to be eleven children, Esmeralda, the oldest, must learn new rules, a new language, and eventually a new identity. In the first of her three acclaimed memoirs, Esmeralda brilliantly recreates her tremendous journey from the idyllic landscape and tumultuous family life of her earliest years, to translating for her mother at the welfare office, and to high honors at Harvard.
When I Was Puerto Rican
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Author : Esmeralda Santiago
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
When I Was Puerto Rican written by Esmeralda Santiago and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Electronic books categories.
[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.
Almost A Woman
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Author : Esmeralda Santiago
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2012-06-12
Almost A Woman written by Esmeralda Santiago and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Following the enchanting story recounted in When I Was Puerto Rican of the author’s emergence from the barrios of Brooklyn to the prestigious Performing Arts High School in Manhattan, Esmeralda Santiago delivers the tale of her young adulthood, where she continually strives to find a balance between becoming American and staying Puerto Rican. While translating for her mother Mami at the welfare office in the morning, starring as Cleopatra at New York’s prestigious Performing Arts High School in the afternoons, and dancing salsa all night, she begins to defy her mother’s protective rules, only to find that independence brings new dangers and dilemmas.
When I Was Puerto Rican
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Cuando Era Puertorrique A
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Author : Esmeralda Santiago
language : es
Publisher: VINTAGE ESPAÑOL
Release Date : 2014-04-16
Cuando Era Puertorrique A written by Esmeralda Santiago and has been published by VINTAGE ESPAÑOL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
La historia de Esmeralda Santiago comienza en la parte rural de Puerto Rico, donde sus padres y siete hermanos, en continuas luchas los unos con los otros, vivían una vida alborotada pero llena de amor y ternura. De niña, Esmeralda aprendió a apreciar cómo se come una guayaba, a distinguir la canción del coquí, a identificar los ingredientes en las morcillas y a ayudar a que el alma de un bebé muerto subiera al Cielo. Pero precisamente cuando Esmeralda parecía haberlo aprendido todo sobre su cultura, la llevaron a Nueva York, donde las reglas y el idioma eran no sólo diferentes, sino también desconcertantes. Cómo Esmeralda superó la adversidad, se ganó entrada a la Performing Arts High School y después continuó a Harvard, de donde se graduó con altos honores, es el relato de la tremenda trayectoria de una mujer verdaderamente extraordinaria.
When I Was Puerto Rican
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Author : Santiago Esmeralda
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-07-01
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"Riveting."--Booklist, starred review
When I Was Puerto Rican Novel Units Teacher Guide
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Author : Novel Units
language : en
Publisher: Novel Units, Incorporated
Release Date : 2019-07-15
When I Was Puerto Rican Novel Units Teacher Guide written by Novel Units and has been published by Novel Units, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-15 with Language arts (Secondary) categories.
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Hybridity In Esmeralda Santiago S When I Was Puerto Rican
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language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2022-08-30
Hybridity In Esmeralda Santiago S When I Was Puerto Rican written by and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Kassel, language: English, abstract: This research is going to deal with the factors that have influenced Santiago’s hybrid transformation. In order to facilitate this, the main focus of this paper will be put on her progression concerning national identity, cultural identity and gender identity. Our goal is to find out to what extent Santiago’s hybrid transformation becomes visible when further analysing her identity development.
Am Rica S Dream
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Author : Esmeralda Santiago
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Am Rica S Dream written by Esmeralda Santiago and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Fiction categories.
América Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who don't look her In the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her; her married boyfriend, Correa, beats her; and their fourteen-year-old daughter thinks life would be better anywhere but with América. So when América is offered the chance to work as alive-in housekeeper and nanny for a family in Westchester County, New York, she takes it as a sign that a door to escape has been opened. Yet even as América revels in the comparative luxury of her new life, daring to care about a man other than Correa, she is faced with dramatic proof that no matter what she does, she can't get away from her past.