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Grand Central Publishing
Esmeralda Santiago
Almost A Woman: A Memoir
N/A
2012
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Publisher > Grand Central Publishing
Author > Esmeralda Santiago
Title > Almost A Woman: A Memoir
Issue > N/A
Year > 2012
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ISBN > 9780306821110
Pages > 338
Genre > Biography-And-Autobiography Nonfiction
Language > English
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Type > RETAIL
Media > BOOK
Format > .epub
Section > eBook
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Published > 2012-06
Release > 2026-09-26
Disks > 01 x 2 MB
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Following the enchanting story recounted in When I Was Puerto Rican of the
authors 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 Yorks prestigious Performing Arts High School in the afternoons and
dancing salsa all night she begins to defy her mothers protective rules
only to find that independence brings new dangers and dilemmas
- - -- [ R E T A I L U R L ] -- - -
https://bookshop.org/p/books/almost-a-woman-a-memoir-esmeralda-
santiago/dcf78a905d1755cd
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