num_pages: 400
description: From the beloved author of The House on Mango Street: a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that taken together form a jigsaw autobiography: an intimate album of a literary legend's life and career.From the Chicago neighborhoods where she grew up and set her groundbreaking The House on Mango Street to her abode in Mexico in a region where my ancestors lived for centuries the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own where she could truly take root has eluded her. With this collectionspanning nearly three decades and including never-before-published workCisneros has come home at last. Ranging from the private (her parents' loving and tempestuous marriage) to the political (a rallying cry for one woman's liberty in Sarajevo) to the literary (a tribute to Marguerite Duras) and written with her trademark sensitivity and honesty these poignant unforgettable pieces give us not only her most transformative memories but also a revelation of her artistic and intellectual influences. Here is an exuberant deeply moving celebration of a life in writing lived to the fullestan important milestone in a storied career.
language: English
title: A House of My Own: Stories from My Life
publisher: Knopf