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Overview

The questions and discussion topics that follow are designed to enhance your group's reading of Esmeralda Santiago's When I Was Puerto Rican. We hope they will provide you with a number of ways of looking at—and talking about—this beautiful narrative of a young girl's coming-of-age in 1950s Puerto Rico and of her subsequent move to the very different world of New York City.

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Overview

The questions and discussion topics that follow are designed to enhance your group's reading of Esmeralda Santiago's When I Was Puerto Rican. We hope they will provide you with a number of ways of looking at—and talking about—this beautiful narrative of a young girl's coming-of-age in 1950s Puerto Rico and of her subsequent move to the very different world of New York City.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal
As president of her own film company, Santiago has won praise for her writing and producing. In this, her first book, she tells of her childhood in Puerto Rico in the 1950s and of her family's move to New York when she was 13. Her rich prose recreates the tropical splendor of Puerto Rico, the harsh conflicts between her parents, and the squalor of Brooklyn. While she shares unique personal experiences, Santiago also expresses the universality of growing up. Her memoir ends dramatically with her audition for New York's High School for Performing Arts. A poignant look at a girl's coming of age and taking control of her own destiny, Santiago's story reflects that of Puerto Rico: to be a part of the United States, yet distinct and somehow detached. Recommended.-- Gwen Gregory, U.S. Courts Lib., Phoenix
Publisher's Weekly
Santiago's artful memoir recounts her childhood in rural Puerto Rico and her teenage years in New York City; also available in a Spanish-language edition.
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School Library Journal
YA-Esmerelda and her seven siblings live in a corrugated metal shack in Puerto Rico. She is uprooted as a result of poverty and her parents' quarreling and suffers blows to her ego from their expectations of her. The girl goes to New York, where her grandmother lives, and must rely on her intelligence and talents to help her survive in an alien world in which being Puerto Rican is not advantageous. Her story rings true and will be an inspiration to YAs forced to make their own way in a sometimes hostile environment.-Ginny Ryder, Lee High School, Fairfax County, VA

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780679756774
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 10/28/1994
  • Language: Spanish
  • Edition description: Spanish-language Edition
  • Pages: 320
  • Sales rank: 134,562
  • Series: Vintage Espanol Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.15 (w) x 7.96 (h) x 0.67 (d)

Meet the Author

Esmeralda Santiago
Esmeralda Santiago

Esmeralda Santiago is the author of two highly acclaimed memoirs, The Turkish Lover and Almost a Woman, which was made into a film for PBS's Masterpiece Theatre. She has also written a novel, America's Dream, and has co-edited two anthologies of Latino literature. She lives in Westchester County, New York.

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The questions and discussion topics that follow are designed to enhance your group's reading of Esmeralda Santiago's When I Was Puerto Rican. We hope they will provide you with a number of ways of looking at--and talking about--this beautiful narrative of a young girl's coming-of-age in 1950s Puerto Rico and of her subsequent move to the very different world of New York City.

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  • Posted July 6, 2009

    Muy Bueno

    Te cautiva... nos lleva a rememorar nuestraas propias vidas en los campos de Puerto Rico..... y nos hace sentir ke no somos los unikos en sentirnos dividos entre 2 naciones.... yo tambien me sinto ke alguna vez fui Puertorriquena

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 11, 2009

    ES UN LIBRO ESPETACULAR

    LEI ESTE LIBRO EN 3 DIAS NO PODIA DEJAR DE LEERLO ME TRAJO MUCHA NOSTALGIA DE MI NINEZ Y RECUERDOS INVORABLES DE MI BELLA ISLA , RECOMIENDO ESTE LIBRO

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 19, 2003

    Much integrity to E. Santiago's work

    I give 5 stars, not because I was necessarily challenged in weighty intellectual 'profundities' (as a criticthat I've read has stated), but simply because the quality of story-telling (at least in the Spanish version) is insurpassable. I was able to see right into the heart of Esmeralda's thinking. She was almost always eloquent beyond her years; at first I thought that this wasn't accurate for a girl of her age; but in retrospect, I think that the author knew this beforehand and realizes that her character is indeed representative of the many children or tíneyers who are absolutely brilliant but are perceived to be not so bright because of a spoken language. I would like to find out if this was a subtility that she wanted to communicate. With that said, my favorite aspect of Esmeralda's eloquent subtilities is her honest, authentic anger towards haughty and egotistical people. I believe that E. Santiago was intending also to disfrazel the machista haughtiness that existed in Po'rico. I wanted to reach into the story and punch her Papi in the face. What a pig! I grieves me to think that such a man really existed! Another thing, the move to New York, wonderfully contrasted with Macún - and the innocence of perceiving the jews, italians and blacks throught the eyes of a sweet girl with no prejudices - a brilliant girl indeed! How was she able to dislodge herself from all of the enticements of having prejudices so quickly formed? The best part of the entire novel - a definite tear-jerker - is the rapid dénouement punched at me (the first sentence of the epilogue). I didn't expect it; it had sort of a Great Expectations twist there at the end; if there were ever a movie based on this story, I think that that would be the brilliant finish of the story. The human spirit inside of each of us hopes and believes: 'Un día de estos, un día de estos.' We all relate so well with Esmeralda that I strongly suggest that this book be included in ethnic-american/hispanoamerican classes and reading circles. This is a must. It's already been successful at Pittsburg State University (KS) with Greg Brown and Dr. Edmée Fernández; try it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 26, 2001

    A Fantastic, and Strong Story!!!

    This is a wonderful story. It not only teaches you how the people in Puerto Rico's mountains lived. But how they tried there best in their lives, sometimes. Is an honor that Esmeralda Santiago is a ''Puertorriqueña''.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 16, 2000

    Absolutely fascinating

    Esmeralda, captivates the readers with her peculiar narritive child voice. Her memories are vivid and exiting.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 1, 2000

    Nostalgic

    For any Puerto Rican transplanted to the US mainland this is a must read. Esmeralda writes in a deliciously colorful language. She is a truly gifted writer. I am proud to be Puerto Rican like her.

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