Becoming Maria : : love and chaos in the South Bronx by Manzano, Sonia 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2015)

BTSB #: P03109 Available

Dewey: 791.4502/BAges: 12-16   


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Subjects: Manzano, Sonia - Childhood and youth Bildungsromans - Bronx (New York, N.Y.) Television actors and actresses - United States - Biography Television writers - United States - Biography Latinas - Biography

Summary: Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving--and troubled. This is Sonia's own story rendered with an unforgettable narrative power. It is Sonia's dream of becoming an actress that keeps her afloat among the turbulence of her life and times.