America's Dream - Couverture rigide

Santiago, Esmeralda

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0060172797 ISBN 13 : 9780060172794

Editeur : HarperCollins, 1996

Synopsis

Book by Santiago Esmeralda

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

América Gonzalez is a hotel housekeeper on an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, cleaning up after wealthy foreigners who don't look her In the eye. Her alcoholic mother resents her; her married boyfriend, Correa, beats her; and their fourteen-year-old daughter thinks life would be better anywhere but with América. So when América is offered the chance to work as alive-in housekeeper and nanny for a family in Westchester County, New York, she takes it as a sign that a door to escape has been opened. Yet even as América revels in the comparative luxury of her new life, daring to care about a man other than Correa, she is faced with dramatic proof that no matter what she does, she can't get away from her past.

Biographie de l'auteur

Esmeralda Santiago has written for such publications as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Christian Science Monitor. Born in Puerto Rico, she is a graduate of Harvard University and lives in Katonah, NY. When I Was Puerto Rican. América's Dream is her first novel.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0060172797
• ISBN 13: 9780060172794
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 325