The Turkish lover
Santiago, Esmeralda
The Turkish lover / Esmeralda Santiago - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press , 2004 - 347 p. ; 21 cm
In The Turkish Lover, Esmeralda finally breaks out of a monumental struggle with her powerful mother-only to come under the thrall of "the Turk" and discover that romantic passion, too, can become a prison. Esmeralda's journey of self-liberation and self-discovery is a daring one, candidly and zestfully recounted, and leads, most surprisingly, to her graduation from Harvard. (Her view of that venerable institution is an eye opener, told as only a brilliant writer totally outside the mold can tell it.) The expansive humanity, earthy humor, and psychological courage that made Esmeralda's first two books so successful are on full display again in The Turkish Lover , which will both reward the author's faithful readership and extend it. Hers is a fresh, exciting, and necessary voice.
English
9780306814518
Santiago, Esmeralda---Childhood and youth
Puerto Ricans
Women----Biography
Brooklyn (New York)----Biography
Boston---Massachusetts----Biography
92 SAN
The Turkish lover / Esmeralda Santiago - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press , 2004 - 347 p. ; 21 cm
In The Turkish Lover, Esmeralda finally breaks out of a monumental struggle with her powerful mother-only to come under the thrall of "the Turk" and discover that romantic passion, too, can become a prison. Esmeralda's journey of self-liberation and self-discovery is a daring one, candidly and zestfully recounted, and leads, most surprisingly, to her graduation from Harvard. (Her view of that venerable institution is an eye opener, told as only a brilliant writer totally outside the mold can tell it.) The expansive humanity, earthy humor, and psychological courage that made Esmeralda's first two books so successful are on full display again in The Turkish Lover , which will both reward the author's faithful readership and extend it. Hers is a fresh, exciting, and necessary voice.
English
9780306814518
Santiago, Esmeralda---Childhood and youth
Puerto Ricans
Women----Biography
Brooklyn (New York)----Biography
Boston---Massachusetts----Biography
92 SAN
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