Bibliograph

Type

Label

Ordinary girls, a memoir by Jaquira Díaz

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ordinary girls

Oclc number

1090696817

Responsibility statement

a memoir by Jaquira Díaz

Summary

"While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, Jaquira Díaz found herself caught between extremes. As her family split apart and her mother battled schizophrenia, she was supported by the love of her friends. As she longed for a family and home, her life was upended by violence. As she celebrated her Puerto Rican culture, she couldnt find support for her burgeoning sexual identity. From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault to Puerto Ricos history of colonialism, every page of Ordinary Girls vibrates with music and lyricism. Díaz writes with raw and refreshing honesty, triumphantly mapping a way out of despair toward love and hope to become her version of the girl she always wanted to be."--, Adapted from Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Girl hood -- Origin story -- El caserío -- La otra -- Home is a place -- Monster story -- Candy girl -- Ordinary girls -- Fourteen, or how to be a juvenile delinquent -- Girls, monsters -- Beach city -- Battle stations -- Secrets -- Mother, mercy -- Returning -- Ordinary girls

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