From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault to Puerto Rico’s history of colonialism, every page of Ordinary Girls vibrates with music and lyricism. As she celebrated her Puerto Rican culture, she couldn’t find support for her burgeoning sexual identity. As she longed for a family and home, her life was upended by violence.
As her family split apart and her mother battled schizophrenia, she was supported by the love of her friends. While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, Díaz found herself caught between extremes.
In this searing memoir, Jaquira Díaz writes fiercely and eloquently of her challenging girlhood and triumphant coming of age. “There is more life packed on each page of Ordinary Girls than some lives hold in a lifetime.” -Julia Alvarez One of the Must-Read Books of 2019 According to O: The Oprah Magazine * Time * Bustle * Electric Literature * Publishers Weekly * The Millions * The Week * Good Housekeeping
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