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100 1  Santiago, Esmeralda. 
245 10 When I was Puerto Rican /|cEsmeralda Santiago. 
250    First Da Capo Press paperback edition. 
264  1 Cambridge, MA :|bDa Capo Press,|c2006. 
264  4 |c©1993 
300    278 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Prequel to Almost a woman. 
500    Originally published: New York : Addison-Wesley, c1993. 
500    "A Merloyd Lawrence book." 
500    Includes reader's guide (p. [275]-278). 
505 0  Prologue: how to eat a guava -- Jíbara -- Fighting naked -
       - Someone is coming to take your lap -- American invasion 
       of Macun -- Why women remain jamona -- Mami gets a job -- 
       El mangle -- Letters from New York -- Casi Señorita -- 
       Dreams of a better life -- Angels on the ceiling -- You 
       don't want to know -- A shot at it -- Epilogue: one of 
       these days. 
520    [The author's] story begins in rural Puerto Rico, where 
       her warring parents and seven siblings led a life of 
       uproar, but one full of love and tenderness as well. 
       Growing up, Esmeralda learned the proper way to eat a 
       guava, the sound of the tree frogs in the mango groves at 
       night, the taste of the delectable sausage called morcilla,
       and the formula for ushering a dead baby's soul to heaven.
       But just when Esmeralda seemed to have learned everything,
       she was taken to New York City, where the rules - and the 
       language - were bewilderingly different. How Esmeralda 
       overcame adversity, won acceptance to New York City's High
       School of Performing Arts, and then went on to Harvard, 
       where she graduated with highest honors, is a record of a 
       tremendous journey by a truly remarkable woman. -
       BooksInPrint. 
600 10 Santiago, Esmeralda|xChildhood and youth. 
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650  0 Puerto Ricans|zNew York (State)|zNew York|vBiography. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.|2bisacsh  
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.|2bisacsh  
650  7 Puerto Ricans.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01083707  
651  0 Puerto Rico|vBiography. 
651  0 New York (N.Y.)|vBiography. 
651  7 New York (State)|zNew York.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204333   
651  7 Puerto Rico.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205432   
655  7 Autobiographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919894   
655  7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686   
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