02457nam a2200361Ia 4500 196970 196970 274725 OSt 20180529152200.0 040603s2004 mau 000 0aeng 2004012688 0738208205 (alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC spa rda n-us-ny n-us-ma F128.9.P85 S269 2004 974.7043092 S235t B 22 Santiago, Esmeralda. 165145 author The Turkish lover / Esmeralda Santiago. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2004. viii, 341 pages ; 24 cm. rdacontent txt text rdamedia n unmediated rdacarrier nc volume "A Merloyd Lawrence book." Along 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 Book Santiago, Esmeralda. Childhood and youth. Local 165145 Santiago, Esmeralda. Relations with men. Local 165145 Puerto Rican women New York (State) New York Biography. Local 155371 Puerto Ricans New York (State) New York Biography. Local 155373 Brooklyn New York, N.Y. Biography. Local 65753 Boston Mass.. Biography. Local 64297 New York N.Y. Biography. Local 142429 lcc 6 F128.9.P85 S269 2004 0 0 ddc 0 0 evpr 10 10 B 2016-05-27 Borders 18.75 392073 0 974.7043092 S235t 80000002270315 2016-05-27 00:00:00 6 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 7 2018-05-16 0 F128.9 .P85 S269 2004 50000003272696 2018-05-16 00:00:00 c. 1 2018-05-16 6