Cuando el monstruo despierta

by COLLINS, MARIA ANTONIETA

• ISBN13: 9781400084616
• ISBN10: 140008461X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Grijalbo

Summary

This "confession of a teenager's parent" is an emotional autobiography of the author's battle with a teenage daughter and addresses the harsh topic of abuse and violence among teenagers.

Author Biography

She has graced our TV sets for more than a decade as anchor for Noticiero Univision Fin de Semana and field correspondent for Aquí y Ahora, at the Univision network. She is also a renowned journalist writing for the famous Mexican newspaper El Sol de México.<br>Maria Antonieta has become the Hispanic Queen of self help through her three books, all bestsellers with thousands of copies sold and in print.<br>She has taken us through her ordeals with weight loss in Dietas Y Recetas De Maria Antonieta. She told us how she inspired her eldest daughter to loose weight in Quien Dijo Que No Se Puede and on the way helped thousands of Hispanic women to love themselves and shed all those extra pounds.<br>And in Cuando El Monstruo Despierta, she takes us with her through her personal hell, as she fights to keep her youngest daughter from becoming another victim of an abusive relationship.

Table of Contents

Antonieta Gonzalez Collins	p. 9
Ojala esto sirva	p. 11
Prologo de Jorge Ramos	p. 15
Si no hubiera sido mia, asi la habria sonado	p. 19
Con la boca abierta	p. 27
Sonando la alarma	p. 37
Romeo vs. Julieta	p. 49
Amores que matan	p. 57
La luz al final del tunel	p. 69
El monstruo desde adentro	p. 77
Perdonar no es olvidar	p. 85
En que falle?, que hice mal?	p. 93
Ay, la pobre...! Ya te enteraste?	p. 101
Mano dura o tough love	p. 107
El problema tambien viste faldas	p. 113
El monstruo despierta a cualquier edad	p. 121
De nerds, cools y populars	p. 131
Los bullies	p. 139
Deprimidos o bipolares?	p. 147
Fiestas rave, roofies y extasis	p. 153
Adiccion a internet	p. 159
De la moda, lo que acomoda	p. 171
Brujeria, goticos, videojuegos y canciones	p. 179
Dime con quien andas...	p. 189
Aqui no se habla de eso	p. 197
I'm pregnant... Estoy embarazada	p. 203
Los jovenes gay, lesbianas, bisexuales y transgenero	p. 211
Hablando se entiende la gente	p. 219
Necesitan padres no amigos	p. 229
De vuelta al reino encantado	p. 235
Epilogo	p. 249
Agradecimientos	p. 253
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