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When I Was Puerto Rican : A Memoir by Esmeralda Santiago (2006, Perfect)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherGrand Central Publishing

ISBN-100306814528

ISBN-139780306814525

eBay Product ID (ePID)50580065

Product Key Features

Book TitleWhen I Was Puerto Rican : a Memoir

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicWomen, Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Personal Memoirs, General

GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorEsmeralda Santiago

Book SeriesA Merloyd Lawrence Book Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Reviews"[Santiago's] story has so much to teach. The relationship between Esmeralda and her mother is a perfectly imperfect demonstration of how strong women raise even stronger daughters; the resilience of the females in this story is truly inspiring."-- Her Campus, "Will speak to anyone whose parents loved and hated each other, to anyone who recalls a child's bittersweet loss of innocence, and to anyone who simply enjoys good writing."-- Miami Herald, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle , 3/2/09 "[Santiagos] story is painful at points, funny in others, but it speaks a universal truth: We never totally leave our past behind." Teen Ink , 4/09 "It shows you the trials that immigrants face when they move to the United States, including the many differences in language and culture&Perfect for those who like books that have real meaning.", Rochester Democrat and Chronicle , 3/2/09 "[Santiagos] story is painful at points, funny in others, but it speaks a universal truth: We never totally leave our past behind." Teen Ink , 4/09 "It shows you the trials that immigrants face when they move to the United States, including the many differences in language and cultureâ€¦Perfect for those who like books that have real meaning.", "[Santiago] portrays impoverished people as people, not statistics, and we see her pride in her heritage, as well as the inevitable culture clashes. She eventually graduated with honors from Harvard University, wrote her best-selling memoir (the first in a trilogy) and became a critically acclaimed novelist-a stylist with the grace to inspire others."-- Oprah's Book Club, "The Best Memoirs of a Generation", Rochester Democrat and Chronicle , 3/2/09 "[Santiagos] story is painful at points, funny in others, but it speaks a universal truth: We never totally leave our past behind." Teen Ink , 4/09 "It shows you the trials that immigrants face when they move to the United States, including the many differences in language and culture...Perfect for those who like books that have real meaning.", Rochester Democrat and Chronicle , 3/2/09 [Santiagos] story is painful at points, funny in others, but it speaks a universal truth: We never totally leave our past behind. Teen Ink , 4/09 It shows you the trials that immigrants face when they move to the United States, including the many differences in language and culture&Perfect for those who like books that have real meaning., "Santiago brilliantly recreates the idyllic landscape and tumultuous family life of her earliest years and her tremendous journey from the barrio to Brooklyn, from translating for her mother at the welfare office to receiving high honors at Harvard. Santiago's story is one of the American dream both realized and deferred." -- Bustle.com, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 3/2/09 "[Santiagos] story is painful at points, funny in others, but it speaks a universal truth: We never totally leave our past behind."Teen Ink, 4/09 "It shows you the trials that immigrants face when they move to the United States, including the many differences in language and cultureâ€¦Perfect for those who like books that have real meaning."

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal974.7/1004687295/009

SynopsisMagic, sexual tension, high comedy, and intense drama move through an enchanted yet harsh autobiography, in the story of a young girl who leaves rural Puerto Rico for New York's tenements and a chance for success., 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., Esmeralda Santiago's story begins in rural Puerto Rico, where her childhood was full of both tenderness and domestic strife, tropical sounds and sights as well as poverty. Growing up, she learned the proper way to eat a guava, the sound of 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. As she enters school we see the clash, both hilarious and fierce, of Puerto Rican and Yankee culture. 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 take on a new identity. In this first volume of her much-praised, bestselling trilogy, Santiago brilliantly recreates the idyllic landscape and tumultuous family life of her earliest years and her tremendous journey from the barrio to Brooklyn, from translating for her mother at the welfare office to high honors at Harvard., 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.

LC Classification NumberF128.9.P85