Esmeralda Santiago, author portrait
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Esmeralda Santiago

ESMERALDA SANTIAGO is the author of the novel Conquistadora and the memoirs When I was Puerto Rican and Almost A Woman, which was adapted into a Peabody Award–winning movie for PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she lives with her husband, documentary filmmaker Frank Cantor, in New York, and Port Clyde, Maine.
Las Madres
Las madres (Spanish Edition)

Books

Las Madres
Las madres (Spanish Edition)

2024 Middle and High School Collections

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