When I was Puerto Rican /

[The author's] story begins in rural Puerto Rico, where her warring parents and seven siblings led a life of uproar, but one full of love and tenderness as well. Growing up, Esmeralda learned the proper way to eat a guava, the sound of the tree frogs in the mango groves at night, the taste of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2006.
Subjects:	Santiago, Esmeralda > Childhood and youth. Santiago, Esmeralda Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Biography. Portoricains > New York (État) > New York > Biographies. Childhood and youth of a person Puerto Ricans Puerto Rico > Biography. Porto Rico > Biographies. New York (State) > New York Puerto Rico autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies. Biographies.

Table of Contents:

How to eat a guava
Jíbara
Fighting naked
Someone is coming to take your lap
American invasion of Macun
Why women remain jamona
Miami gets a job
El mangle
Letters from New York
Casi Señorita
Dreams of a better life
Angels on the ceiling
You don't want to know
A shot at it
One of these days.