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: Spanish; Castilian
title: Casi Una Mujer/Almost a Woman
titlecomplete: Casi Una Mujer/Almost a Woman (Spanish Edition)
genres: School, Womens, Biography, Memoir, Autobiography, Coming Of Age, New York, Biography Memoir, Spanish Literature, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3026
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Demco Media