Esmeralda Santiago
Author
Language
English
Description
"Even as a young girl in nineteenth-century Spain, Ana Cubillas is drawn to the exotic island of Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de Leon. And in twin brothers Ramon and Inocente, both in love with Ana, she finds a way to get there: she marries Ramon and convinces the brothers that their destiny is in the remote sugar plantation they have inherited on the island. But Ana's fantasies haven't prepared her for the...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
While preparing for Christmas in Puerto Rico, seven-year-old Esmeralda asks the Three Magi for a baby doll like her cousin's, but when they bring something else instead she gains a deeper understanding of the meaning of the holiday.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Language
Español
Description
La historia de Esmeralda Santiago comienza en la parte rural de Puerto Rico, donde sus padres y siete hermanos, en continuas luchas los unos con los otros, vivian una vida alborotada pero llena de amor y ternura. De nina, Esmeralda aprendio a apreciar como se come una guayaba, a distinguir la cancion del coqui, a identificar los ingredientes en las morcillas y a ayudar a que el alma de un bebe muerto subiero al cielo. Pero precisamente cuando Esmeralda...
Author
Publisher
Suma De Letras
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Español
Description
"Desde que era una niña en la España del siglo diecinueve, Ana Larragoity Cubillas se siente atraida por la exuberante y exotica isla de Puerto Rico que describen los diarios de un antepasado que viajo a la isla junto a Ponce de Leon. Y en los hermanos gemelos, Ramon e Inocente, ambos enamorados de ella, Ana encuentra la forma de llegar alli: se casa con Ramon y convence a los hermanos de que su destino se encuentra en la remota plantación de azucar...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
The acclaimed author of When I Was Puerto Rican continues the enchanting chronicle of her life. Emigrating from rural Puerto Rico to live in a tenement with seven (eventually ten) siblings, an inquisitive grandmother, and a strict mother who won't allow her to date, "Negi", 13, is ready to spread her wings. She yearns for her own bed, for privacy, and for her father, who stayed in Puerto Rica. When she starts to defy her mother, she discovers the...
10) Casi una mujer
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Español
Description
En su nueva memoria, la aclamada autora de Cuando era puertorriqueña continúa su cautivante crónica describiendo su salida de los barrios de Brooklyn a lot teatros de Manhattan.
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