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Almost a Woman: a Memoir
[Paperback - 2012]
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Publisher: Da Capo Usa | ISBN: 9780306820823 | Pages: 336
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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.

Esmeralda Santiago is the author of two memoirs, When I Was Puerto Rican and The Turkish Lover, and the novel Conquistadora. A resident of Westchester County, New York, she is married to filmmaker Frank Cantor and is the mother of two adult children, jazz guitarists Lucas and Ila.

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