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Fish Out of Agua: My Life on Neither Side of the (Subway) Tracks
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Veröffentlichung: |
August 2010
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Genre: |
Soziologie |
ISBN: |
9780806531465 |
EAN-Code:
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9780806531465 |
Verlag: |
Kensington |
Einband: |
Kartoniert |
Sprache: |
English
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Dimensionen: |
H 216 mm / B 140 mm / D 20 mm |
Gewicht: |
475 gr |
Seiten: |
336 |
Zus. Info: |
Paperback |
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Inhalt: |
A voice from the loudspeaker blared, "Will the family who brought the little redheaded white girl to the Puerto Rican Day parade please come to the bandstand to pick her up." I looked around. Wait a minute. I am at the bandstand. I am that lost girl!
Michele Carlo, a redheaded, freckle-faced Puerto Rican raised in the Polish section of the Bronx, grew up as a permanent outsider. Too white for her proud, Spanish-speaking relatives and a mystery to her schoolmates, Michele braved a search for identity that was a long, rough and tumble ride. . .
By turns heartbreaking and humorous, she recalls the family calamities, fumblings of first love, and all the people and events that shaped her. From her "playground battlefield" in the not-so-wholesome summer of '69 to many adrenaline-fueled, graffiti-filled afternoons and her emergence as an artist with a unique and alluring voice, Michele's story is an homage to a New York City gone by. . .and an iconically American, unforgettable portrait of growing up.
"Warm and insightful. . .Michele's take on life as a Latina is the most original I have ever seen." --Linda Nieves Powell, author of Free Style
"Michele's humor, heart--and every sweet and razor-sharp note of her writing--reach far beyond the edges of this island."
--Dan Kennedy, author of Rock On
"Poignant, funny, and authentic." --Janice Erlbaum, author of Girlbomb
Michele Carlo is a writer, performer and comedic storyteller who has lived in four of the five boroughs of New York City and remembers when a slice of pizza cost fifty cents. Her stories have been published in Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul, Lost and Found: Stories from New York and Smith Magazine. She has often appeared with The Moth and other NYC storytelling communities. Like almost every other writer in NYC, Michele is a Brooklynite (since 1988) with no plans of leaving anytime soon. |
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