American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood by Arana, Marie

American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood

In her father's Peruvian family, Marie Arana was taught to be a proper lady, yet in her...
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Author: Marie Arana
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American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood by Arana, Marie

American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood

€27,77

American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood

€27,77
Author: Marie Arana
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In her father's Peruvian family, Marie Arana was taught to be a proper lady, yet in her mother's American family she learned to shoot a gun, break a horse, and snap a chicken's neck for dinner. Arana shuttled easily between these deeply separate cultures for years. But only when she immigrated with her family to the United States did she come to understand that she was a hybrid American whose cultural identity was split in half. Coming to terms with this split is at the heart of this graceful, beautifully realized portrait of a child who "was a north-south collision, a New World fusion. An American Chica."

Here are two vastly different landscapes: Peru--earthquake-prone, charged with ghosts of history and mythology--and the sprawling prairie lands of Wyoming. In these rich terrains resides a colorful cast of family members who bring Arana's historia to life...her proud grandfather who one day simply stopped coming down the stairs; her dazzling grandmother, "clicking through the house as if she were making her way onstage." But most important are Arana's parents: he a brilliant engineer, she a gifted musician. For more than half a century these two passionate, strong-willed people struggled to overcome the bicultural tensions in their marriage and, finally, to prevail.

Author: Marie Arana
Publisher: Dial Press
Published: 05/28/2002
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 5.50h x 8.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780385319638

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 16
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 82047 / American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 05/31/2002 pg. 100
New York Times 06/16/2002 pg. 28

About the Author
Marie Arana is the editor of The Washington Post Book World and has done feature writing for The Post. She has served on the board of directors of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the National Book Critics Circle. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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