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Cristina Garcia
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Havana, Cuba
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influences
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka
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I was lucky enough to grow up speaking Spanish at home. It wasn't like I had a choice, at first. Although my mother had studied English back in Cuba, she could barely get around a supermarket or through a checkout stand without my help. Before I knew what the word meant, I was “code-switching”; translating meanings and nuances from one language to another. I took for granted the fact that I had...
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Dreaming in Cuban
   3.61 avg rating — 2,596 ratings
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1992
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The Agüero Sisters
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2011
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The Lady Matador's Hotel: A Novel
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2010
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Monkey Hunting
3.57 avg rating — 258 ratings
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2003
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A Handbook to Luck
3.45 avg rating — 188 ratings
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2007
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Dreams of Significant Girls
2.96 avg rating — 159 ratings
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2011
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I Wanna Be Your Shoebox
3.51 avg rating — 89 ratings
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2008
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Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature
by Cristina Garcia , Samuel Ramos , Carlos Fuentes 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings
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2007
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The Lesser Tragedy of Death
by Cristina Garcia, Chris Abani 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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2010
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The Dog Who Loved the Moon
by Cristina Garcia, Sebastia Serra 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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2008
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October 2009,
Cristina Garcia
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? CG: writing, chocolate, my daughter, music, salsa dancing, photography SS: What is your motto or maxim? CG: The weirder, the better What Readers want to know... SS: How would you descr..." ...More
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? CG: writing, chocolate, my daughter, music, salsa dancing, photography SS: What is your motto or maxim? CG: The weirder, the better What Readers want to know... SS: How would you descr..." ...More
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“You have to live in the world to say anything meaningful about it.”
― Cristina Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban
― Cristina Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban
“Nobody is ready for death. If you ask Joe Blow on the street, he aint gonna tell you he thinks he'll live forever. But when the end is near you'll realize you've been believing that all along. It's like getting caught with your pants down. That's why you gotta live, little one. Yeah stop and smell them roses.”
― Cristina Garcia, I Wanna Be Your Shoebox
― Cristina Garcia, I Wanna Be Your Shoebox
“Before you know it you'll be my age telling your own granddaughter the story of your life and you wanna make it an interesting one, don't you? You wanna be able to tell her some adventures, some excitements, some something. How you live your life, little one, is a gift for those who come after you, a kind of inheritance.”
― Cristina Garcia, I Wanna Be Your Shoebox
― Cristina Garcia, I Wanna Be Your Shoebox
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| Novel Ladies: Samantha's 2010 Reading Log | 25 | 21 | Sep 16, 2009 07:54pm | |
| The Next Best Boo...: pjreads - frequent flyer | 28 | 366 | May 02, 2010 05:21pm | |
| Novel Ladies: Group Read Nominations - June 2010 | 51 | 43 | May 23, 2010 06:07am | |
| Pick-a-Shelf: Crystal's YOU CHOOSE Challenge | 15 | 25 | Sep 05, 2010 06:06pm | |
| Romance Readers R...: 2010 September Monthly Challenge: Participants' List Thread | 650 | 432 | Nov 02, 2010 06:28am | |
| The Seasonal Read...: 20.3. Best Review Contest. Katy's Task: Happy International Women's Day! | 13 | 89 | Mar 09, 2011 11:29am |
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