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Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago

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Name: Esmeralda Santiago
Birth Date: May 17, 1948
Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nationality: Puerto Rican
Gender: Female
Occupations: Journalist, Memoirist, Novelist

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Biography of Esmeralda Santiago
3173 words, approx. 10.6 pages
The oldest of eleven children, Esmeralda Santiago moved with her mother and siblings to New York City from Puerto Rico during her adolescence. Her memoirs, which include Almost a Woman, chronicle her experiences of growing up in a large, turbulent, and m...


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Almost a Woman is a 2001 made-for-television film, directed by Betty Kaplan and based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Puerto Rican writer Esmeralda Santiago. This captivating movie is about a young woman named Esmeralda and her family...


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The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education
Almost a Woman
06/19/2006: 881 words, approx. 3 pages
Almost a Woman, by Esmeralda Santiago. 314 pages. Random House/Vintage Book, N.Y., 1999. ISBN 0-375-70521-X. $12.95 list, paper. Esmeralda Santiago is a woman of passion who has become a noted literary voice. When I Was Puerto Rican, her first book, was a memoir...
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Families, Systems & Health
The almost dead woman.(IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH)
03/01/2008: 916 words, approx. 3 pages
The almost dead woman arrived on a Sunday afternoon on an oxcart from seven leagues away. Dr. Orihuela came to our house to ask for my assistance since all of the nurses were home with their families at farms outside of town that day....
 


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Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago

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