My Broken Language - A Memoir

''Quiara Hudes is in her own league. Her sentences will take your breath away. How lucky we are to have her telling our stories.'' - Lin-Manuel Miranda From the Pulitzer-prize winning playwright behind IN THE HEIGHTS comes a spellbinding coming-of-age story, and a vibrant and life-affirming celebration of the women who guide us. Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish father and an enigmatic Puerto Rican mother, Quiara Alegria Hudes had a love-and-trouble-filled upbringing, haunted by the unspoken, untold family secrets of the barrio. In the face of real world wounds, the powerful, Orisha-like women of her family possessed a strength, joy and sensuality that left a young Quiara awe struck. She vowed to tell their stories. But confronted by a world that treated her like an outsider, Quiara knew she must find a new language, one which reflected the multiple cultures that raised this Puerto Rican child of North Philly. Written and spoken, English and Spanish, sacred and profane - as her search for a way to share her family''s story deepened, an artist emerged, ready to speak her truth. An inspired exploration of home, family and memory, My BROKEN LANGUAGE is the story of a sharp-eyed observer who finds her voice and learns to boldly tell the stories that only she can tell.

Product details

• Authors: Quiara Alegria Hudes, Quiara Alegría Hudes
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780008464660
• ISBN: 978-0-00-846466-0
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; South America, Ethnic Studies, Memoirs, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Prejudice, DRAMA / Caribbean & Latin American, mysticism, Mixed heritage / mixed race groups or people, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Poetry, Miracles, apparitions & religious phenomena