Jaquira Diaz Ordine dei libri

En estas autobiografia, Jaquira Díaz escribe ferozmente y elocuentemente sobre su desafiante infancia y como alcanza la majoria de edad en Puerto Rico. Mientras crecía en proyectos de vivienda en Puerto Rico y Miami Beach, Díaz se encontró atrapada entre extremos. Cuando su familia se separó y su madre luchó contra la esquizofrenia, fue apoyada por el amor de sus amigos. Mientras anhelaba una familia y un hogar, su vida se vio afectada por la violencia. Mientras celebraba su cultura puertorriqueña, no pudo encontrar apoyo para su floreciente identidad sexual. Desde sus propias luchas con la depresión y el asalto sexual hasta la historia del colonialismo de Puerto Rico, cada página de Ordinary Girls vibra con música y lirismo. Díaz escribe con honestidad cruda y refrescante, trazando triunfalmente una salida de la desesperación hacia el amor y la esperanza de convertirse en su versión de la niña que siempre quiso ser.

One of the Must-Read Books of 2019 According to O: The Oprah Magazine * Time * Bustle * Electric Literature * Publishers Weekly * The Millions * The Week * Good Housekeeping “There is more life packed on each page of Ordinary Girls than some lives hold in a lifetime.” —Julia Alvarez In this searing memoir, Jaquira Díaz writes fiercely and eloquently of her challenging girlhood and triumphant coming of age. While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, 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 couldn’t find support for her burgeoning sexual identity. From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault to Puerto Rico’s 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. Reminiscent of Tara Westover’s Educated, Kiese Laymon’s Heavy, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club, and Terese Marie Mailhot’s Heart Berries, Jaquira Díaz’s memoir provides a vivid portrait of a life lived in (and beyond) the borders of Puerto Rico and its complicated history—and reads as electrically as a novel.