The Santiago, Esmeralda. creator author text biography mau Cambridge, MA Da Capo Press c2004 2004 monographic eng

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viii, 341 pages ; 24 cm. 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 Esmeralda Santiago. "A Merloyd Lawrence book." n-us-ny n-us-ma Santiago, Esmeralda Childhood and youth Santiago, Esmeralda Relations with men Puerto Rican women New York (State) New York Biography Puerto Ricans New York (State) New York Biography Brooklyn New York, N.Y Biography Boston Mass Biography New York N.Y Biography F128.9.P85 S269 2004 974.7043092 S235t B 0738208205 (alk. paper) 2004012688 DLC 040603 20180529152200.0 274725 spa