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1	The Turkish Lover more books like this by Esmeralda Santiago add to wishlist Enthralled admirers of Esmeralda Santiago's memoirs of her childhood have yearned to read more. Now in The Turkish Lover, Esmeralda finally breaks out of the monumental struggle with her powerful mother, only to elope into the spell of an exotic love affair. At the heart of the story is Esmeralda's relationship with "the Turk", a passion that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	America's Dream more books like this by Esmeralda Santiago add to wishlist America Gonzales, a hotel employee on an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, travels to Westchester as a live-in housekeeper. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Remedios: Stories of Earth and Iron from the History of Puertorriquenas more books like this by Aurora Levins Morales add to wishlist Rich with medical folklore and the healing tales of heroines whose work and words have sustained generations, Remedios presents the history of the many women - and cultures - who have met at the crossroads of the island of Puerto Rico. Beginning with the First Mother in sub-Saharan Africa more than 200,000 years ago, Aurora Levins Morales takes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.23! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Last Gig more books like this by Norman Green add to wishlist This sharp series debut introduces Allessandra Martillo, a tough-as-nails P.I. from the Bronx who is trying to catch a mob traitor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.40! \| SVS
5	The Sista Hood: On the MIC more books like this by E-Fierce add to wishlist 4 Girls, One Mic and Lots of Drama When Mariposa (aka MC Patria) meets Ezekiel Matthews (aka MC EZ1) they quickly become best friends; together they have the best summer tossing lyrics and rhymes. After the summer ends, Mariposa realizes the only thing she really cares about -- besides becoming the best emcee around -- is getting Ezekiel to love ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
6	Picture Me Rollin' more books like this by Black Artemis add to wishlist In this hardcore novel of love and betrayal, a female ex-con plans to play it straight, but her lover Jesus, the man she went to prison for on a gun possession charge, is intent on bringing her back into his game. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.13! \| first editions
7	Choose Me more books like this by Xenia Ruiz add to wishlist Told in alternating voices, this debut novel tells the tumultuous story of a Latina woman and an African-American man whose search for true romance takes a detour through the perfect love of God. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Lamentable Journey of Omaha Bigelow Into the Impenetrable Loisaida Jungle more books like this by Edgardo Vega Yunque add to wishlist Irrepressibly exuberant and wildly imaginative, Yunque's third novel is a hilarious picaresque tale that stretches the perceptions of life, love, and politics in the U.S. through the exploits of a perpetual loser who finds salvation on the streets of New York. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry more books like this by Judith Ortiz Cofer add to wishlist Cofer tells readers of the women's lives that entangled with hers in El Building in Patterson, New Jersey. A community transplanted from what they now view as an island paradise, these Puerto Rican families yearn for the colors and tastes of their homeland. As they carve out their lives as Americans, their days are filled with drama, success and ... see all copies from $3.74! new only from $22.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Se Busca more books like this by Michele Martinez add to wishlist A betrayed wife and dedicated mother suddenly forced to raise her six-month-old daughter alone, Melanie Vargas is also an ambitious, hard-working professional who has had to bite and claw for recognition in the federal prosecutor's office. Then, while strolling with her baby girl on a steamy New York night, Melanie stumbles onto the kind of high ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.35! \| SVS
11 view cover	Matter of Pride and Other Stories more books like this by Nicholasa Mohr add to wishlist Seven stories that focus on the lives of Hispanic women. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.48! \| SVS
12 view cover	Reaching for the Mainland and Selected New Poems more books like this by Judith Ortiz Cofer add to wishlist This work includes a selection of new poems as well as the original poems from Reaching for the Mainland, a body of poems that appeared in the collection Triple Crown. These new poems reflect the author's growth in her art and also expand upon some themes that run through the earlier poems -- parti-cularly those dealing with family and cultural ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.21! \| SVS
13 view cover	Burn more books like this by Black Artemis add to wishlist In "Explicit Content," Black Artemis, the self-described "unapologetic hip-hop feminist activist," explored the twisting inner world of the music industry. In "Picture Me Rollin'" it was the poetry of the street and the crimes of the heart. Now, in her latest novel she plunges a female bond agent with a troubling past into the graffiti subculture, ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $37.95!
14 view cover	Puerto Rican Women PB more books like this by Altagracia Ortiz (Editor), Altagracia Crtiz (Editor) add to wishlist "Puerto Rican Women and Work: Bridges in Transnational Labor" is the only comprehensive study of the role of Puerto Rican women workers in the evolution of a transnational labor force in the twentieth century. This book examines Puerto Rican women workers, both in Puerto Rico and on the U.S. mainland. It contains a range of information - ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $30.19! \| first editions
15	Reclaiming Medusa: Short Stories by Contemporary Puerto Rican Women more books like this by Diana Velez (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
16 view cover	The Silk Purse more books like this by Raquel Ortiz add to wishlist The Silk Purse - a memoir by Raquel Ortiz Castaqo (pen name) The Silk Purse is about my early childhood growing up in the South Bronx, New York of the l950's with my Puerto Rican extended family. It begins, when I am three years old, and ends with a major transition in my life at age eighteen. The Silk Purse focuses on Raquel's ingenuity courage ... see all copies* from $3.58! new only from $16.99! \| signed copies
17	Con Valor y a Como DC) Lugar: Memorias de Una Jc-Bara Puretorriquec1a more books like this by Carmen Luisa Justiniano add to wishlist see all copies from $3.85! new only from $122.37!
18 view cover	El Deli Latino more books like this by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Elena Olazagasti-Segovia (Translator) add to wishlist This is a Spanish-language edition of "The Latin Deli", Judith Ortiz Cofer's prizewinning collection of short stories, personal essays, and poems. A work rich in longing, love, and remembrance, "El deli latino" opens a door into the lives of the Puerto Rican immigrants who live in or near an urban New Jersey tenement known as "El Building." The ... see all copies from $10.75! new only from $10.75! \| SVS
19 view cover	Porque Hay Silencio more books like this by Alba Ambert add to wishlist In this exquisitely crafted novel, acclaimed author Alba Ambert ("The Eighth Continent") tells the story from birth to adulthood of Blanca, a woman who struggles to overcome the poverty and oppression of her Puerto Rican-South Bronx heritage. Blanca must pay a terrible emotional price to find her release from the past, "la puerta final, la que ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $9.56!
20 view cover	Puerto Rican Women CL more books like this by Altagracia Ortiz (Editor) add to wishlist "Puerto Rican Women and Work: Bridges in Transnational Labor" is the only comprehensive study of the role of Puerto Rican women workers in the evolution of a transnational labor force in the twentieth century. This book examines Puerto Rican women workers, both in Puerto Rico and on the U.S. mainland. It contains a range of information - ... see all copies from $79.88! new only from $79.88!
21	The Psychosocial Development of Puerto Rican Women more books like this by Cynthia T Garcia Coll, Maria de Lourdes Mattei (Editor) add to wishlist "This collection of original papers explores the psychological and social development of the Puerto Rican woman from a lifespan developmental perspective. Using a wide range of methodologies and perspectives, the book addresses important issues of growth and development, among them cultural constructs of womanhood, adaptation to school, early ... see all copies from $35.99!
22	Aqui Cuentan Las Mujeres: Muestra y Estudio de Cinco Narradoras Puertorrique~nas more books like this by Maria Magdalena Sola add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
23 view cover	El Amante Turco more books like this by Esmeralda Santiago, Nina Torres-Vidal (Translator) add to wishlist In this memoir, we become witness to the transformation of the little Puerto Rican girl who emigrated to New York with her single mother and ten siblings. Esmeralda Santiago 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. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
24	Hispanic women in the United States : a Puerto Rican woman's perspective more books like this by Lourdes R. Miranda add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00!

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	When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago see all from $1.99! new only from $2.99!
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