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- ISBN: 0306814528
- WAPI (Tower ID): 107128915
- Release Date: February 27, 2006
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #119188 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #3471 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #662 in General (See Top 100 General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionMore Books by Esmeralda Santiago (Author)Run a Quick Search on "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "When I Was Puerto Rican"Browse more products related to "Esmeralda Santiago"Publisher's noteEsmeralda 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. If You Enjoy "When I Was Puerto Rican (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:
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