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Ordinary girls a memoir

"Jaquira Díaz writes an unflinching account of growing up as a queer biracial girl searching for home as her family splits apart and her mother struggles with mental illness and addiction. From her own struggles with depression and drug abuse to her experiences of violence to Puerto Rico's history...

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Main Author: Díaz, Jaquira (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Díaz, Jaquira > Childhood and youth.
Díaz, Jaquira > Family.
Lesbian authors > Puerto Rico > Biography.
Racially mixed women > Puerto Rico > Biography.
Families > Puerto Rico.
Mentally ill women.
Substance abuse.
Autobiographies.
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Summary:"Jaquira Díaz writes an unflinching account of growing up as a queer biracial girl searching for home as her family splits apart and her mother struggles with mental illness and addiction. From her own struggles with depression and drug abuse to her experiences of violence to Puerto Rico's history of colonialism, every page vibrates with music and lyricism"--
Physical Description:321 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781616209131
1616209135

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