02295nam a2200337Ia 4500001000700000003000400007005001700011008004100028010001700069020002800086040002800114043002100142050002600163082003000189100003300219245004500252260004400297300003000341336002600371337002800397338002700425500003100452520111100483600005401594600005301648650007001701650006501771651004701836651003701883651003701920274725OSt20180529152200.0040603s2004    mau           000 0aeng    a  2004012688  a0738208205 (alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdDLCbspaerda  an-us-nyan-us-ma00aF128.9.P85bS269 200400a974.7043092bS235taB2221 aSantiago, Esmeralda.eauthor14aThe Turkish lover /cEsmeralda Santiago.  aCambridge, MA :bDa Capo Press,cc2004.  aviii, 341 pages ;c24 cm.  2rdacontentbtxtatext  2rdamediabnaunmediated  2rdacarrierbncavolume  a"A Merloyd Lawrence book."  aAlong with Sandra Cisneros and Julia Alvarez, Esmeralda Santiago has emerged as one of today's preeminent Latina authors. Legions of fans have waited five long years for the next chapter of the story begun in her memoirs When I Was Puerto Rican and Almost a Woman . And now the wait is over. In The Turkish Lover, Esmeralda finally breaks out of a monumental struggle with her powerful mother-only to come under the thrall of "the Turk" and discover that romantic passion, too, can become a prison. Esmeralda's journey of self-liberation and self-discovery is a daring one, candidly and zestfully recounted, and leads, most surprisingly, to her graduation from Harvard. (Her view of that venerable institution is an eye opener, told as only a brilliant writer totally outside the mold can tell it.) The expansive humanity, earthy humor, and psychological courage that made Esmeralda's first two books so successful are on full display again in The Turkish Lover , which will both reward the author's faithful readership and extend it. Hers is a fresh, exciting, and necessary voice. A Merloyd Lawrence Book10aSantiago, Esmeralda.xChildhood and youth.2Local10aSantiago, Esmeralda.xRelations with men.2Local 0aPuerto Rican womenzNew York (State)zNew YorkvBiography.2Local 0aPuerto RicanszNew York (State)zNew YorkvBiography.2Local 0aBrooklyn New York, N.Y.vBiography.2Local 0aBoston Mass..vBiography.2Local 0aNew York N.Y.vBiography.2Local