num_pages: 298
description: From a rippled zinc shack in rural Puerto Rico to "the better life" in a decaying Brooklyn tenement, Esmeralda Santiago's Puerto Rican childhood is one of sorcery, smoldering war between the sexes, and high comedy. Hers is a portrait of a harsh but enchanted world that can never be reclaimed. 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.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: Cuando era Puertorriqueña
titlecomplete: Cuando era Puertorriqueña
genres: Autobiography, New York, Race, Biography Memoir, Spanish Literature, Biography, School, Memoir, Coming Of Age, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 12244
places: New York (State), Santurce, San Juan
publisher: Vintage Espanol