**"A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds." --Sandra Cisneros, author of _The House on Mango Street_** In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative--based on the author's childhood in the 1960s--a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life in New York
Lucky Country, Broken Land
โ Scribed by Peter Daszak
- Book ID
- 106329190
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1612-9202
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