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Lucky Broken Girl

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“A book for someone mending from childhood wounds.”—Sandra Cisneros, writer of The House on Mango Street
 
In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative—based on the writer’s childhood in the 1960s—a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life in New York City when her American dream is abruptly derailed. Ruthie’s plight will intrigue readers, and her powerful story of strength and resilience, full of color, light, and poignancy, will stay with them for a very long time.
 
Ruthie Mizrahi and her circle of relatives recently emigrated from Castro’s Cuba to New York City. Just when she’s in any case starting to gain confidence in her mastery of English—and enjoying her reign as her neighborhood’s hopscotch queen—a horrific car accident leaves her in a body cast and confined her to her bed for a long recovery. As Ruthie’s world shrinks on account of her inability to move, her powers of commentary and her heart grow larger and she comes to bear in mind how fragile life is, how vulnerable we all are as human beings, and how friends, neighbors, and the power of the arts can sweeten even the worst of times.

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