Almost a woman

By Esmeralda Santiago

Subjects: Puerto Rican women, Niñez y juventud, Spanish language materials, Women, biography, Biografía, New york (n.y.), biography, Nueva York, Hispanic american women, Puerto Ricans, Mujeres puertorriqueñas, Biography, Puertorriqueños, Childhood and youth, Reading Level-Grade 11, Women, united states, biography, Puerto ricans, united states, Reading Level-Grade 12, Biographies & autobiographies, General

Description: "Author's third novel and a long-awaited sequel to her first autobiographical novel, Cuando era puertorriqueña. She continues to chronicle her life as she leaves her childhood behind and enters adult life where her American values increasingly clash with those of her Puerto Rican parents. Most of all, this novel helps understand how Esmeralda Santiago, the writer was formed and became a writer"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.