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4.0
I am partial to this coming of age story in part because the author grew up in Philadelphia, negotiating between her white Jewish father’s suburban life with his second family and her Puerto Rican mother’s extended family in the Latinx neighborhood of north Philadelphia. She is honest about the crises within her community (including crack epidemic and AIDS) and about her ability to navigate her way out (she went to a public academic magnet high school and then Ivy League universities). A successful lyricist for Broadway musicals, she also writes with a lyrical touch.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Racism, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, and Classism
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