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Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
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Biografías, autobiografías y memorias
Celebrando el mes de la herencia hispana
Hispanic Heritage Month Nonfiction
Celebrando el mes de la herencia hispana
Hispanic Heritage Month Nonfiction
Description
"Quiara Alegria Hudes era la nina de ojos penetrantes que permanecia resguardada en las escaleras de la casa de su abuela en el norte de Filadelfia mientras observaba a su familia bailar en su estrecha cocina. Le maravillaban sus tias, tios y primos, pero vivia aterrada por los secretos de la familia y las historias ocultas del barrio--todo esto mientras intentaba encontrar su propia voz entre el mar de lenguajes que la rodeaban, tanto en el habla...
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Quiara Alegria Hudes was the sharp-eyed girl on the stairs while her family danced in her grandmother's tight South Philly kitchen, "frizzy hair cut short, bangs teased into stiff clouds, sweat glistening in the summer fog, pamper-butt babies weaving between legs." Quiara was awed by her aunts and uncles and cousins, but haunted by the secrets of the family and the unspoken stories of the barrio -- even as she tried to find her own voice in the sea...
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