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When I was Puerto Rican
| Title | When I was Puerto Rican |
| Names | Santiago, Esmeralda. |
| Book Number | DB038181 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Autobiographical account evoking memories of the culture and free- dom of a Puerto Rican barrio. San- tiago and her ten younger siblings were brought to Brooklyn by their ambitious mother. Harsh as the new life is, it is made tolerable by Santiago's storytelling ability. Bright, but unable to speak En- glish, she is relegated to a class for learning disabled children. But prospects improve when she auditions for the performing arts school. Some descriptions of sex. |
| Narrator | Toren, Suzanne. |
| Local Subject | Biography & Autobiography - BIO |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| History - HST | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Audience Notes | Contains descriptions of sex. |
| Female narrator. |
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| LC Subject | Puerto Ricans - New York (State) - New York - Biography |
| New York (N.Y.) - Biography |
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| Puerto Rico - Biography |
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| Call Number | 974.710046872950092 B ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 1993 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 1993 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1993. 0201581175 |