Casi una mujer
by Esmeralda Santiago
List Price:
Our Price: $7.96
You Save: $5.99 (43%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $1.36 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Esmeralda SantiagoIntroduction: Nina Torres-Vidal
Edition: Paperback
Audio: Spanish (Unknown); Spanish (Original Language); Spanish (Published)
Published: 1999-09-07
ISBN: 0375705260
Number of pages: 312
Publisher: Vintage
Book Reviews of Casi una mujer
Book Review: Esmeralda es la mejor
Summary: 5 Stars
estuve esperando MUCHO por este libro. Cuando era PRiqueña fue tan bello y me trajo tantos recuerdos. Luego salio El Sueño de America- una de las mejores novelas que he leido- y yo seguia esperando por este libro!Esmeralda es la mejor, me transporta a PR en cualquier momento y por eso la adoro. Habla de su familia como si fuera la mia y creo que somos primas!
Creo que es la mejor escritora latinoamericana hoy en dia, solo que no tiene mucha popularidad porque escribe mas bien sobre PR. Estoy esperando como loca el
El mejor regalo para cualquier latina que este orgullosa de sus raices!
Summary of Casi una mujer
A simultaneous Spanish-language edition, originally translated for Vintage byNina Torres-Vidal
In her new memior, the acclaimed author of When I Was Puerto Rican continues the riveting chronicle of her life.
"Negi," as Santiago's family affectionately calls her, leaves rural Macun in 1961 to live in a three-bedroom tenement apartment with seven siblings, and inquisitive grandmother, and a strict mother who won't allow her to date. At thirteen, Negi yearns for her own bed, for privacy, and her father, who remains in Puerto Rico. Translating for Mami at the welfare office in the morning, starring as Cleopatra at New York's Performing Arts High School in the afternoon, and dancing salsa all night, she also seeks to find balance between being an American and Puerto Rican. When Negi defies her mother by going on a series of dates, she finds that independence brings challenges.
At once a universally poignant coming-of-age tale and a heartfelt immigrant's story, Almost a Woman is Santiago's triumphant journey into womanhood.
Hispanic & Latino Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Hispanic & Latino Books
Arizona's Hispanic Flyboys 1941-1945by Rudolph Villarreal
iUniverse; Published: 2002-11-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.55
Price in other shops:
Darker Shade of Crimson, Aby Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Bantam; Published: 1993-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $25.00
Border Crossings and Beyond: The Life and Works of Sandra Cisneros (Women Writers of Color)by Carmen Haydée Rivera
Praeger; Published: 2009-09-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $34.95
Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa (Writing in Latinidad)by Rigoberto Gonzalez
University of Wisconsin Press; Published: 2006-06-20; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.19
Price in other shops:
History of Alta California: A Memoir of Mexican Californiaby Antonio Maria Osio
University of Wisconsin Press; Published: 1996-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $21.92
Price in other shops:
Luis Leal: An Auto/ Biographyby Mario T. García, Mario T. Garcâa
University of Texas Press; Published: 2000-06-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.50
Price in other shops:
Northward Bound: The Mexican Immigrant Experience in Ballad and Songby Maria Herrera-Sobek
Indiana University Press; Published: 1993-05-22; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $37.95
Price in other shops:
Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago (Latinos in Chicago and Midwest)by Leonard G. Ramirez, Yenelli Flores, Maria Gamboa, Isaura Gonzalez, Victoria Perez, Magda Ramirez-Castaneda, Cristina Vital
University of Illinois Press; Published: 2011-09-21; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $40.00
Price in other shops:
Eminent Maricones: Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)by Jaime Manrique
University of Wisconsin Press; Published: 2002-01-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $40.04
MEDAL OF HONOR: A Vietnam Warrior's Storyby Roy P. Benavidez, John R. Craig
Brassey's; Published: 1995-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $78.89
Similar Books and other products
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accentsby Julia Alvarez
Algonquin Books; Published: 2010-01-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.25
Price in other shops:
Las MamisVintage; Published: 2001-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.22
Price in other shops:
Soñar en cubanoby Cristina Garcia
Ballantine Books; Published: 1994-09-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.93
Price in other shops:
Antes de ser libres (Spanish Edition)by Julia Alvarez
Laurel Leaf; Published: 2004-04-13; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.91
Price in other shops:
Almost a Womanby Esmeralda Santiago
Vintage; Published: 1999-09-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.23
Price in other shops:
El sueño de Américaby Esmeralda Santiago
Harper Perennial; Published: 1997-04-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.43
Price in other shops:
El Amante Turco/ The Turkish Lover (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura)) (Spanish Edition)by Esmeralda Santiago
Punto De Lectura; Published: 2007-06-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.28
Price in other shops:
La Casa en Mango Streetby Sandra Cisneros
Vintage; Published: 1994-10-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.96
Price in other shops:
Conquistadora (en espanol) (Conquistadora) (Spanish Edition)by Esmeralda Santiago
Suma; Published: 2011-07-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.98
Price in other shops:
Cuando Era Puertorriqueña (Spanish Edition)by Esmeralda Santiago
Vintage; Published: 1994-10-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.98
Price in other shops: