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When I Was Puerto Rican: A Memoir
by Santiago, EsmeraldaISBN13:
9780306814525
ISBN10:
0306814528
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Pub. Date:
2/27/2006
Publisher(s):
Perseus Books Group
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Summary
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.
Author Biography
Esmeralda Santiago is the author of two highly acclaimed memoirs, The Turkish Lover and Almost a Woman, which was made into a film for PBS's Masterpiece Theatre. She has also written a novel, America's Dream, and has co-edited two anthologies of Latino literature. She lives in Westchester County, New York.
Table of Contents
| PROLOGUE: HOW TO EAT A GUAVA | 1 | (4) | |
| JIBARA | 5 | (14) | |
| FIGHTING NAKED | 19 | (16) | |
| SOMEONE IS COMING TO TAKE YOUR LAP | 35 | (26) | |
| THE AMERICAN INVASION OF MACUN | 61 | (24) | |
| WHY WOMEN REMAIN JAMONA | 85 | (20) | |
| MAMI GETS A JOB | 105 | (26) | |
| EL MANGLE | 131 | (22) | |
| LETTERS FROM NEW YORK | 153 | (18) | |
| CASI SEŅORITA | 171 | (16) | |
| DREAMS OF A BETTER LIFE | 187 | (24) | |
| ANGELS ON THE CEILING | 211 | (30) | |
| YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW | 241 | (14) | |
| A SHOT AT IT | 255 | (12) | |
| EPILOGUE: ONE OF THESE DAYS | 267 | (4) | |
| Glossary | 271 |
