SuitabookIndependence and family connection
Isa wants distance from her mother and counts down to leaving for college, after years of debate.
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Gaby Triana - Author
This is a coming-of-age story about a young person caught between independence and family connection. Isa resists her Cuban heritage while imagining college as escape, but finds that distancing herself does not make questions of identity disappear.
All Isa wants is to be a regular American teenager, something her Cuban immigrant mother most definitely does not understand. After almost eighteen years of constant debate over everything from birthdays to boys, Isa has had enough. She's counting down the days until she leaves for college—and can get as far away from Miami (North Cuba) as possible. But the more Isa tries to detach herself from her roots, the more tangled she becomes. Will she ever find the normal American life she dreams of? Or is she destined to become a cubanita after all?
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a coming-of-age story about a young person caught between independence and family connection. Isa resists her Cuban heritage while imagining college as escape, but finds that distancing herself does not make questions of identity disappear.
Isa wants distance from her mother and counts down to leaving for college, after years of debate.
Isa tries to detach herself from her Cuban roots while wondering whether she is destined to become a ‘cubanita’.
The main point to notice is the unresolved tension between Isa's desire for a ‘normal’ American life and her connection to Cuban heritage.
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