LISTEN AS SANDRA CISNEROS BRINGS TO LIFE HER GREATLY ADMIRED NOVEL OF A YOUNG GIRL GROWING UP IN THE LATINO SECTION OF CHICAGO. ACCLAIMED BY CRITICS, BELOVED BY CHILDREN, THEIRS PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, TAUGHT EVERYWHERE FROM INNER-CITY GRADE SCHOOLS TO UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND TRANSLATED ALL OVER THE WORLD, IT HAS ENTERED THE CANON OF COMING OF AGE CLASSICS.
TELLS THE STORY OF ESPERANZA CORDERO, WHOSE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF HARSH REALITIES AND HARSH BEAUTY. ESPERANZA DOESN'T WANT TO BELONG - NOT TO HER RUNDOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NOT TO THE LOW EXPECTATIONS THE WORLD HAS FOR HER. ESPERANZA'S STORY IS THAT OF A YOUNG GIRL COMING INTO HER POWER AND INVENTING FOR HERSELF WHAT SHE WILL BECOME.
TELLS THE STORY OF ESPERANZA CORDERO, WHOSE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF HARSH REALITIES AND HARSH BEAUTY. ESPERANZA DOESN'T WANT TO BELONG - NOT TO HER RUNDOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NOT TO THE LOW EXPECTATIONS THE WORLD HAS FOR HER. ESPERANZA'S STORY IS THAT OF A YOUNG GIRL COMING INTO HER POWER AND INVENTING FOR HERSELF WHAT SHE WILL BECOME.
