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a beautiful, poetic tale of a young Mexican girl growing up in America. Told in short vignettes, the story builds to weave a picture of the surrounding area and street, filled with a range of complex male and female characters. Throughout runs a thread of story-telling, escapism and what it like to live in a country/place you do not call home.
I have wanted to read this book for a long time. Beautifully written in a series of vignettes about a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago. So many poetic, astute, and deeply observant lines.
"You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of ...more
"You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of ...more
Unsure. Possibly going to update rating when I have a chance to study it more. This seems like a book that needs at least two more readings to get everything.
I wasn't sure about this audiobook when I started, but the stories drew me in. I can see why it's required reading in some schools--the subject matter can be weighty and still inspiring.
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World Book Night 2013
I loved, loved,loved it. Read it in one sitting. So many parallels to Betty Smith's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." So heartbreaking but life-affirming.
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