Ordinary Girls
By
Jaquira Diaz
Read by
Almarie Guerra
Release:
10/29/2019
Release:
10/29/2019
Release:
10/29/2019
Release:
10/29/2019
Runtime:
10h 9m
Runtime:
10h 9m
Runtime:
10h 9m
Quantity:
“A dynamic examination of the power of persistence.”
Time
An October 2019 LibraryReads Pick
A Good Housekeeping Pick of Best Books of the Year
An Electric Literature Pick of Best Books of the Year
A Time Magazine Pick of Best Books of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019
A fierce, beautiful, and unflinching memoir from a wildly talented debut author
While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, Jaquira Díaz found herself caught between extremes: as her family split apart and her mother battled schizophrenia, she was surrounded by the love of her friends; as she longed for a family and home, she found instead a life upended by violence. From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault to Puerto Rico's history of colonialism, Ordinary Girls vibrates with music and lyricism. Díaz triumphantly maps a way out of despair toward love and hope to become her version of the girl she always wanted to be.
While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, Jaquira Díaz found herself caught between extremes: as her family split apart and her mother battled schizophrenia, she was surrounded by the love of her friends; as she longed for a family and home, she found instead a life upended by violence. From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault to Puerto Rico's history of colonialism, Ordinary Girls vibrates with music and lyricism. Díaz triumphantly maps a way out of despair toward love and hope to become her version of the girl she always wanted to be.
Release:
2019-10-29
2019-10-29
2019-10-29
2019-10-29
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
10h 9m
10h 9m
10h 9m
10h 9m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
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0.7 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781684576586
9781665119443
9781665119436
9781684576593
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