| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
El Quinceañera / Alberto Rosas -- Love rehearsals / Angie Cruz -- Fifteen and the Mafia / Constanza Jaramillo-Cathcart -- The year of dreaming : a tale of two Quinceañeras / Fabiola Santiago -- It all started with the dress / Leila Cobo-Hanlon -- Uprooted / Nanette Guadiano-Campos -- Quince crashers / Malín Alegría-Ramírez -- La mamasota / Adelina Anthony -- Barefoot / Eric Taylor-Aragón -- No quinces, thanks / Barbara Ferrer -- The perpetual chambelán / Michael Jaime Becerra -- The dress was way too itchy / Monica Palacios -- Quince never was / Felicia Luna Lemus -- A blue denim quince / Berta Platas -- Recuerdo : my sister remembered / Erasmo Guerra. |
| Summary |
Collection of reminiscences about coming-of-age ritual for Latino girls. The Quinceañera celebrates the passage of a fifteen-year-old girl into adulthood: it's a bit bat mitzvah with a dash of debutante ball, and loaded with the same potential for hilarity and adolescent angst. |
| Subject |
Quinceañera (Social custom)
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| Added Author |
Lopez, Adriana.
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| ISBN |
9780061241925 paperback |
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006124192X paperback |
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$14.95 |
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