American Chica_ Two Worlds, One Childhood - Marie Arana
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Two Worlds, One Childhood
“One of the many reasons the reader can’t put this memoir down is the author’s impressive command of her craft … [displays] virtuosity in the storyteller’s traditional gifts: spareness, clarity and a passion for allegory.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Full of larger-than-life characters and stranger-than-fiction situations … delightful.”
—The Washington Post
“An unusual mix of tone and voice—close and distant, ironic and passio ...