Each day she is glued to the TV screen that blots out the painful realities of her existence and also illuminates the possibilities that lie ahead. When readers meet young Sonia, she is a child living amidst the squalor of a boisterous home that is filled with noisy relatives and nosy neighbors. This is Sonia's own story rendered with an unforgettable narrative power.
Emmy Award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving-and troubled. Set in the 1970s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. The Pura Belpré Honor winner for The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano and one of America's most influential Hispanics-Maria on Sesame Street-delivers a beautifully wrought coming-of-age memoir.
