description: Follows the author from the Brooklyn barrios to Harvard as she overcomes an overprotective mother, siblings who scoff at her attempts to learn "Eastern Standard England," a whirlwind marriage, and her search for cultural identity
language: English
title: Almost a Woman
titlecomplete: Almost a Woman
genres: Biography, Coming Of Age, Spanish Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction, Womens, School, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, New York
ratings_count: 3029
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Demco Media