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288 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780679756767
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Publication date: 20 September 1993
Description
One of "The Best Memoirs of a Generation" (Oprah's Book Club): a young woman's journey from the mango groves and barrios of Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, and eventually on to Harvard In a childhood full of tropical beauty and domestic strife, poverty a...
Community Reviews Summary of 948 reviews
Moods
reflective 71%
inspiring 38%
hopeful 26%
informative 21%
sad 21%
funny 17%
challenging 15%
adventurous 12%
dark 5%
lighthearted 5%
tense 3%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
slow 22%
fast 16%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuseModerate
Infidelity, Child abuse, Sexual harassmentMinor
Alcoholism, Cancer, Vomit
288 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780679756767
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Publication date: 20 September 1993
Description
One of "The Best Memoirs of a Generation" (Oprah's Book Club): a young woman's journey from the mango groves and barrios of Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, and eventually on to Harvard In a childhood full of tropical beauty and domestic strife, poverty a...
Community Reviews Summary of 948 reviews
Moods
reflective 71%
inspiring 38%
hopeful 26%
informative 21%
sad 21%
funny 17%
challenging 15%
adventurous 12%
dark 5%
lighthearted 5%
tense 3%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
slow 22%
fast 16%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuseModerate
Infidelity, Child abuse, Sexual harassmentMinor
Alcoholism, Cancer, Vomit