Author: Esmeralda Santiago
Publisher: Punto De Lectura
Keywords: punto, lectura, spanish, narrativa, lover, turco, turkish, amante
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2007-06-30
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1598208845
ISBN-13: 9781598208849

In this memoir, we become witness to the transformation of the little Puerto Rican girl who emigrated to New York with her single mother and ten siblings. Esmeralda Santiago finally breaks out of a monumental struggle with her powerful mother, only to come under the thrall of the Turk and discover that romantic passion, too, can become a prison. Esmeralda’s journey of self-liberation and self-discovery is a daring one, candidly and zestfully recounted, and leads, most improbably, to her triumphant graduation from Harvard. The expansive humanity, earthy humor, and psychological courage th