Almost a Woman A Memoir

Name: Almost a Woman A Memoir
Price: 3.04 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780306820823

ISBN-10: 030682082X

ISBN-13: 9780306820823

Edition: N/A

Authors: Esmeralda Santiago

List price: $22.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $13.13

Marketplace

5 new & used from $3.04

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Following the enchanting story recounted inWhen I Was Puerto Ricanof 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.

Book details

List price: $22.99
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 6/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.25" long x 1.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English