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Mother Island
A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico
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Mother Island
Narrado por:
Jamie Figueroa, Kelle Rae Oien
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Narrado por:
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Jamie Figueroa
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Kelle Rae Oien
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Jamie Figueroa
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Growing up in the Midwest, raised by a Puerto Rican mother who was abandoned by her family, Jamie Figueroa and her sisters were estranged from their culture, consumed by the whiteness that surrounded them. In Mother Island, Figueroa traces her search for identity as shaped by and against a mother who settled into the safety of assimilation. In lyrical, blistering prose, Figueroa recalls a childhood in Ohio in which she was relegated to the background of her mother’s string of failed marriages; her own marriage in her early twenties to a man twice her age; how her work as a licensed massage therapist helped her heal her body trauma; and how becoming a mother has reshaped her relationship to her family and herself. Only as an adult in New Mexico was Figueroa able to forge her own path, using writing to recast her origin story. In a journey that takes her to Puerto Rico and back, Figueroa looks to her ancestors to reimagine her relationship to the past and to her mother’s native island, reaching beyond her own mother into a greater experience of mothering and claiming herself.
Drawing from Puerto Rican folklore and mythology, a literary lineage of women writers of color, and narratives of identity, Figueroa presents a cultural coming-of-age story. Candid and raw, Mother Island gets to the heart of the question: Who do we become when we are no longer trying to be someone else?
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"With a mosaic approach keenly represented by its cover, Jamie Figueroa’s Mother Island is a story of self-creation...a valiant work of cultural excavation, and a deft guide to understanding the narratives that shape us all."
—Elle
“A lushly written, deeply felt investigation into the meanings of home, lineage and selfhood—Figueroa thoughtfully examines the contours of what is given to us, & what can be chosen.”
—Melissa Febos, bestselling author of Body Work and Girlhood
"A memoir of re-assemblage in which fragments of the author's memories from childhood to the present are collaged to create a receptacle in which Figueroa can recollect, recognize and claim what it means to be Boricua. Figueroa's text is both lamentation and reclamation. Upon reaching its final pages, one can only imagine her ancestors standing proud, returning with solemn grace the beauty of her collective acknowledgement."
—Myriam J. A. Chancy, author of What Storm, What Thunder and Harvesting Haiti
“Mother Island rings with deep vulnerability and compassion. A beautiful poetic book.”
—Tiphanie Yanique, Center for Fiction First Novel Prizewinning author of Love and Drowning
"A compelling memoir that explores the complexities of identity, heritage, and connection to Puerto Rico....Figueroa’s prose weaves together themes of belonging and self-discovery, creating a narrative that resonates with anyone seeking to understand the intricate ties between personal identity and cultural heritage."
—Hispanic Executive
"Poignant and layered...As [Figueroa] recounts unlearning to relearn, she explores motherhood, lineage, legacy and reclamation."
—Ms. Magazine
"Figueroa enchantingly shifts and sifts through her memories...her exceptional command of her craft builds narrative tension while granting force to the way her personal history mirrors geopolitical devastation and imbuing her voice with the power of one no longer unclaimed by, but ready to lay claim to. A searching and lyrical memoir packed with nuance and depth."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
—Elle
“A lushly written, deeply felt investigation into the meanings of home, lineage and selfhood—Figueroa thoughtfully examines the contours of what is given to us, & what can be chosen.”
—Melissa Febos, bestselling author of Body Work and Girlhood
"A memoir of re-assemblage in which fragments of the author's memories from childhood to the present are collaged to create a receptacle in which Figueroa can recollect, recognize and claim what it means to be Boricua. Figueroa's text is both lamentation and reclamation. Upon reaching its final pages, one can only imagine her ancestors standing proud, returning with solemn grace the beauty of her collective acknowledgement."
—Myriam J. A. Chancy, author of What Storm, What Thunder and Harvesting Haiti
“Mother Island rings with deep vulnerability and compassion. A beautiful poetic book.”
—Tiphanie Yanique, Center for Fiction First Novel Prizewinning author of Love and Drowning
"A compelling memoir that explores the complexities of identity, heritage, and connection to Puerto Rico....Figueroa’s prose weaves together themes of belonging and self-discovery, creating a narrative that resonates with anyone seeking to understand the intricate ties between personal identity and cultural heritage."
—Hispanic Executive
"Poignant and layered...As [Figueroa] recounts unlearning to relearn, she explores motherhood, lineage, legacy and reclamation."
—Ms. Magazine
"Figueroa enchantingly shifts and sifts through her memories...her exceptional command of her craft builds narrative tension while granting force to the way her personal history mirrors geopolitical devastation and imbuing her voice with the power of one no longer unclaimed by, but ready to lay claim to. A searching and lyrical memoir packed with nuance and depth."
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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