Author: Esmeralda Santiago Publisher: Da Capo Press ISBN: 0786736860 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
One of "The Best Memoirs of a Generation" (Oprah's Book Club): a young woman's journey from the mango groves and barrios of Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, and eventually on to Harvard In a childhood full of tropical beauty and domestic strife, poverty and tenderness, Esmeralda Santiago learned the proper way to eat a guava, the sound of tree frogs, the taste of morcilla, and the formula for ushering a dead baby's soul to heaven. But when her mother, Mami, a force of nature, takes off to New York with her seven, soon to be eleven children, Esmeralda, the oldest, must learn new rules, a new language, and eventually a new identity. In the first of her three acclaimed memoirs, Esmeralda brilliantly recreates her tremendous journey from the idyllic landscape and tumultuous family life of her earliest years, to translating for her mother at the welfare office, and to high honors at Harvard.
Author: Esmeralda Santiago Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 030738859X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 434
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As a young girl growing up in Spain, Ana Larragoity Cubillas is powerfully drawn to Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de Leon. And in handsome twin brothers Ramon and Inocente—both in love with Ana—she finds a way to get there. Marrying Ramon at the age of eighteen, she travels across the ocean to Hacienda los Gemelos, a remote sugar plantation the brothers have inherited. But soon the Civil War erupts in the United States, and Ana finds her livelihood, and perhaps even her life, threatened by the very people on whose backs her wealth has been built: the hacienda’s slaves, whose richly drawn stories unfold alongside her own in this epic novel of love, discovery and adventure.
Author: Melissa de la Cruz Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 133886274X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 40
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A silly, laugh-out-loud read-aloud picture book debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz! Once upon a time, in the middle of a group of seven thousand happy islands named after King Philip of Spain, there lived a lady named Dona Esmeralda. She had a big bouffant hairdo and was much smaller than you. And she was always hungry... And so begins the wickedly hilarious tale of one very old, but very stylish little lady who loves to eat, but can only find the ooey, gooey, mushy, smelly leftovers of naughty children to nosh on. But what happens when Dona Esmeralda finds out about all the tasty treats that children do eat? Hold on to your hairdos as Esmeralda eats everything in sight in a cumulative read-aloud inspired by stories from author Melissa de la Cruz's childhood in the Philippines!
Author: Esmeralda Santiago Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061846945 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 387
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América Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who don't look her In the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her; her married boyfriend, Correa, beats her; and their fourteen-year-old daughter thinks life would be better anywhere but with América. So when América is offered the chance to work as alive-in housekeeper and nanny for a family in Westchester County, New York, she takes it as a sign that a door to escape has been opened. Yet even as América revels in the comparative luxury of her new life, daring to care about a man other than Correa, she is faced with dramatic proof that no matter what she does, she can't get away from her past.
Author: Esmeralda Santiago Publisher: Da Capo Press ISBN: 0306821117 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 433
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Following the enchanting story recounted in When I Was Puerto Rican of the author’s emergence from the barrios of Brooklyn to the prestigious Performing Arts High School in Manhattan, Esmeralda Santiago delivers the tale of her young adulthood, where she continually strives to find a balance between becoming American and staying Puerto Rican. While translating for her mother Mami at the welfare office in the morning, starring as Cleopatra at New York’s prestigious Performing Arts High School in the afternoons, and dancing salsa all night, she begins to defy her mother’s protective rules, only to find that independence brings new dangers and dilemmas.
Author: Don DeLillo Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1451658079 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 226
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From one of the greatest writers of our time, his first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011, chronicling—and foretelling—three decades of American life Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, these nine stories are a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo’s iconic voice, from the rich, startling, jazz-infused rhythms of his early work to the spare, distilled, monastic language of the later stories. In “Creation,” a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies can’t get off the island—flights canceled, unconfirmed reservations, a dysfunctional economy. In “Human Moments in World War III,” two men orbiting the earth, charged with gathering intelligence and reporting to Colorado Command, hear the voices of American radio, from a half century earlier. In the title story, Sisters Edgar and Grace, nuns working the violent streets of the South Bronx, confirm the neighborhood’s miracle, the apparition of a dead child, Esmeralda. Nuns, astronauts, athletes, terrorists and travelers, the characters in The Angel Esmeralda propel themselves into the world and define it. DeLillo’s sentences are instantly recognizable, as original as the splatter of Jackson Pollock or the luminous rectangles of Mark Rothko. These nine stories describe an extraordinary journey of one great writer whose prescience about world events and ear for American language changed the literary landscape.
Author: J.R. Gonzalez Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1543438504 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 896
Book Description
During the Spanish Inquisition, two kids fall deeply in love and then are caught up in it. She is burned at the stake, and he is boiled in acid, but death isnt the end, merely a short stop of two hundred years. They then find themselves in Los Angeles, California, and they are facing the same enemy. This time, they might have a chance.
Author: Cheryl Hixson Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1304856097 Category : Languages : en Pages : 82
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Esmeralda and her mother live in the city, but they love to visit Grandmother's farm. The time they spend at the farm is filled with fun, family, and love. This is the third of the Esmeralda books, and there's a surprise in store. Grandmother's coming to visit Esmeralda and her mother in the city! Be sure to read the first two of the Esmeralda books: Esmeralda's Autumn Visit to the Farm and Esmeralda's Christmas Visit to the Farm Enjoy Esmeralda's Grandmother Visits the City!
Author: Cheryl Hixson Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1304728544 Category : Languages : en Pages : 65
Book Description
The Esmeralda books tell the stories of a mother and daughter who live in the city but love to visit the country farm where the child's grandmother lives. This is the second in the series of Esmeralda books. The tales originated as stories created by the author to entertain her grandchildren while they were riding in her car. They would sit quietly, completely enthralled with Esmeralda's adventures. The author could see their reactions in her rear view mirror as each story unfolded. "Nana, Esmeralda! Esmeralda!" would be heard from the back seat of the car soon after each journey began. The characters have become part of their family, and Esmeralda's adventures often cross their minds. The descriptions in the stories are inspired by four generations of the author's family, their animals, and moments they spent together. Simple tales of the love shared by a very special family.
Author: Cheryl Hixson Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1304633217 Category : Languages : en Pages : 52
Book Description
The Esmeralda books tell the stories of a mother and daughter who live in the city but love to visit the country farm where the child's grandmother lives. This is the first in a series of Esmeralda books. The tales originated as stories created by the author to entertain her grandchildren while they were riding in her car. They would sit quietly, completely enthralled with Esmeralda's adventures. The author could see their reactions in her rear view mirror as each story unfolded. "Nana, Esmeralda! Esmeralda!" would be heard from the back seat of the car soon after they would hit the road. As the children grew a little older, they would request a theme and the author would build a story around it. The characters have become part of their family and many of their adventures often come to mind. The descriptions in the stories come from four generations of the author's family, their animals, and their homes. Simple tales of a very special family's love.
Author: Esmeralda Santiago
Author: Esmeralda Santiago
Author: Melissa de la Cruz
Author: Esmeralda Santiago
Author: Esmeralda Santiago
Author: Don DeLillo
Author: J.R. Gonzalez
Author: Cheryl Hixson
Author: Cheryl Hixson
Author: Cheryl Hixson