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- catalog abstract "[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.".
- catalog contributor b4996805.
- catalog contributor b4996806.
- catalog coverage "New York (N.Y.) Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Puerto Rico Biography.".
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "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 -- Mangle -- Letters from New York -- Casi Señorita -- Dreams of a better life -- Angels on the ceiling -- You don't want to know -- Shot at it -- One of these days.".
- catalog description "[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.".
- catalog extent "274 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "When I was Puerto Rican.".
- catalog identifier "0201581175 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "When I was Puerto Rican.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley,".
- catalog relation "When I was Puerto Rican.".
- catalog spatial "New York (N.Y.) Biography.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York".
- catalog spatial "Puerto Rico Biography.".
- catalog subject "974.7/1004687295/0092 B 20".
- catalog subject "F128.9.P85 S27 1993".
- catalog subject "Puerto Ricans New York (State) New York Biography.".
- catalog subject "Santiago, Esmeralda Childhood and youth.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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 -- Mangle -- Letters from New York -- Casi Señorita -- Dreams of a better life -- Angels on the ceiling -- You don't want to know -- Shot at it -- One of these days.".
- catalog title "When I was Puerto Rican / Esmeralda Santiago.".
- catalog type "text".