Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz
Published by Algonquin Books
Published on June 16, 2020
Genre(s): Dysfunctional Families, Hispanic & Latino Biographies
Page Count: 352
Source: Publisher
Format: eBook
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Description: In this searing memoir, Jaquira DÃaz writes fiercely and eloquently of her challenging girlhood and triumphant coming of age.
While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, DÃaz found herself caught between extremes. As her family split apart and her mother battled schizophrenia, she was supported by the love of her friends. As she longed for a family and home, her life was upended by violence. As she celebrated her Puerto Rican culture, she couldn’t find support for her burgeoning sexual identity. From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault to Puerto Rico’s history of colonialism, every page of Ordinary Girls vibrates with music and lyricism. DÃaz writes with raw and refreshing honesty, triumphantly mapping a way out of despair toward love and hope to become her version of the girl she always wanted to be.
Reminiscent of Tara Westover’s Educated, Kiese Laymon’s Heavy, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club, and Terese Marie Mailhot’s Heart Berries, Jaquira DÃaz’s memoir provides a vivid portrait of a life lived in (and beyond) the borders of Puerto Rico and its complicated history—and reads as electrically as a novel.
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I was contacted about joining this blog tour and thought that this book would be quite interesting. I had not heard about the book prior to that. I read the summary and was intrigued. I am always open to learning more about the lives of others.
This book. It had me. My heart hurt when reading it. I found myself in tears more than once. What a story!
I am rating this book Four Red Books because it was a truly good read. I do not want to give anything away but it hit me in the feels hard. I will be looking into getting more memoirs like this. Recommend.
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