Synopsis Santiago recounts her bi-cultural childhood: as a country girl in Puerto Rico, and as a highschool student at New York's High School of the Performing Arts where she graduated with the highest honors and went on to Harvard. A unique story told in vivid prose.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1994-09-01 |
| Size | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 8.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Selling over 16,000 copies in hardcover, this triumphant coming-of-age memoir is now available in paperback editions in both English and Spanish. In the tradition of Black Ice, Santiago writes lyrically of her childhood on her native island and of her bewildering years of transition in New York City.
Industry Reviews "[A] joyful tribute to the island of her childhood. Santiago is a welcome new voice, full of passion and authority." Raymo
"Touching and revealing...takes its unique place in contemporary Latino storytelling." Raymo
"This coming-of-age memoir will reintroduce you to childhood...[It] 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." Rush
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