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Physical Desc
xii, 165 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A tour-de-force second collection (after The House on Mango Street, 1989) by a Chicana poet who writes of life in Southwest border towns. Cisneros's tactile prose brings to vibrant being the sights, smells, joys, and heartaches of growing up female in a culture where women are both strong and victimized, men are unfaithful, and poverty is mitigated only by family, community, and religious ties. Despite hardship, the spirit remains vital, whether as...
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