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Author Cisneros, Sandra.

Title A house of my own : stories from my life / Sandra Cisneros.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY CISNEROS    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B CISNEROS, SANDRA    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B CISNEROS SANDRA C    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B CISNEROS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B CISNEROS, SANDRA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B CISNEROS, SANDRA    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B CISNEROS    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-CISNEROS CIS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  813.54 C49    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B CISNEROS, S.    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 382 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Note "This is a Borzoi book" --Title page verso.
Contents Introduction -- Hydra House -- No Place Like Home -- Luis Omar Salinas -- Falling in Love with Enamoramiento -- Marguerite Duras -- Huipiles -- Vivan los Muertos -- Straw into Gold -- A Tango for Astor -- Only Daughter -- Letter to Gwendolyn Brooks -- My Wicked Wicked Ways -- Who Wants Stories Now -- La Casa Que Canta -- Mercè Rodoreda -- The House on Mango Street's Tenth Birthday -- I Can Live Sola and I Love to Work -- Tapicero's Daughter -- Guadalupe the Sex Goddess -- ¡Que Vivan los Colores! -- Tenemos Layaway, or, How I Became an Art Collector -- An Ofrenda for My Father on Day of the Dead -- Un Poquito de Tu Amor -- Eduardo Galeano -- Infinito Botánica -- El Pleito/The Quarrel -- To Seville, with Love -- A White Flower -- Señor Cappuccino -- Natural Daughter -- A Girl Called Daydreamer -- A House of My Own -- An Ofrenda for My Mother -- Resurrections -- Ten Thousand -- The Author Reponds to Your Letter Requesting My Book Be Banned from the School Library -- The Girl Who Became a Saint: Teresa Urrea -- Chavela Vargas: Una Mujer Muy Mujer -- Chocolate and Donuts -- Akumal -- A Borrowed House -- Epilogue: Mi Casa Es Su Casa -- Pilón: Infinito -- Resting Place/Descano -- Acknowledgments.
Summary The much-loved author of The House on Mango Street presents a collection of true stories and nonfiction pieces, spanning nearly three decades, that, read together, paint an intimate portrait of a literary legend's life and career.
Subject Cisneros, Sandra -- Homes and haunts.
Cisneros, Sandra -- Family.
Mexican Americans -- Mexico -- Biography.
Mexican American women authors -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
Cisneros, Sandra. (OCoLC)fst00127308
Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
Homes. (OCoLC)fst01353235
Mexican American women authors. (OCoLC)fst01200836
Mexican Americans. (OCoLC)fst01019072
Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Added Title Essays. Selections
ISBN 9780385351331 (hardback)
038535133X (hardback)
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