Join us at the White Plains Public Library for a special afternoon with award-winning author Esmeralda Santiago! Known for her powerful memoirs, including When I Was Puerto Rican and Almost a Woman and most recently Las Madres, Santiago has captivated readers with her vivid storytelling and rich cultural narratives. Don't miss this chance to meet one of the most influential voices in contemporary literature!

This program is sponsored by the White Plains Library Foundation.

Event Details:

The author talk will begin Sunday, April 6 at 2pm with a Q&A and book signing to follow.
Library Auditorium
Registration is encouraged, sign up here.

Read Esmeralda Santiago's Works:

Las Madres by Esmeralda Santiago
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A powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together.

Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago
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Following the enchanting story recounted in When I Was Puerto Rican of the author's emergence from the barrios of Brooklyn to the prestigious Performing Arts High School in Manhattan, Esmeralda Santiago delivers the tale of her young adulthood, where she continually strives to find a balance between becoming American and staying Puerto Rican. While translating for her mother Mami at the welfare office in the morning, starring as Cleopatra at New York's prestigious Performing Arts High School in the afternoons, and dancing salsa all night, she begins to defy her mother's protective rules, only to find that independence brings new dangers and dilemmas.

When I was Peurto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
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Magic, sexual tension, high comedy, and intense drama move through an echanted yet harsh life chronicle, as a young girl leaves rural Puerto Rico for New York's tenements and a chance for success.

Conquistadora by Esmeralda Santiago

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A sensual, riveting tale, set in a place where human passions and cruelties collide: thrilling history that has never before been brought so vividly and unforgettably to life.

America's Dream by Esmeralda Santiago

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This coming of age memoir will reintroduce you to childhood. . . . It will speak to anyone who . . . recalls a child's bittersweet loss of innocence and to anyone who simply enjoys good writing.–Miami Herald.

The Turkish Lover by Esmeralda Santiago
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The expansive humanity, earthy humor, and psychological courage that made Esmeralda's first two books so successful are on full display again in The Turkish Lover , which will both reward the author's faithful readership and extend it. Hers is a fresh, exciting, and necessary voice.