TY - BOOK N2 - "Author's third novel and a long-awaited sequel to her first autobiographical novel, Cuando era puertorriqueña. She continues to chronicle her life as she leaves her childhood behind and enters adult life where her American values increasingly clash with those of her Puerto Rican parents. Most of all, this novel helps understand how Esmeralda Santiago, the writer, was formed and became a writer"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. AB - "Author's third novel and a long-awaited sequel to her first autobiographical novel, Cuando era puertorriqueña. She continues to chronicle her life as she leaves her childhood behind and enters adult life where her American values increasingly clash with those of her Puerto Rican parents. Most of all, this novel helps understand how Esmeralda Santiago, the writer, was formed and became a writer"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. T1 - Casi una mujer / DA - 1999. CY - New York : AU - Santiago, Esmeralda. AU - Torres-Vidal, Nina. CN - 974.7 CN - F128.9.P85 PB - Vintage Español, PP - New York : LA - spa LA - In Spanish and English. PY - 1999. ID - 889802 KW - Puerto Rican women KW - Puerto Ricans SN - 0375705260 SN - 9780375705267 TI - Casi una mujer / ER -