My Broken Language

"My Broken Language" este o memorie scrisa de Quiara Alegria Hudes, in care autoarea isi exploreaza propria identitate si mostenirea culturala in contextul familiei sale portoricane si a istoriei lor complexe.Cartea urmareste povestea lui Hudes de la copilarie si adolescenta in Philadelphia, unde a crescut intr-o familie cu radacini portoricane, pana la maturitatea sa ca dramaturg si artista.Hudes impartaseste nu numai povestile si experientele sale personale, ci si povestea mamei sale, care a emigrat din Puerto Rico in Statele Unite si a luptat pentru a-si pastra limba si cultura intr-un mediu nou si adesea ostil."Quiara Hudes is in her own league. Her sentences will take your breath away. How lucky we are to have her telling our stories." - Lin-Manuel Miranda From the Pulitzer-prize winning playwright of IN THE HEIGHTS comes a spellbinding coming-of-age story, and a vibrant and life-affirming celebration of the women who guide us. Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish father and an enigmatic Puerto Ric