Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx | 
I grew up watching Sonia Manzano as Maria on Sesame Street and love her. I also love that she reads the audiobook.
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I grew up watching Sonia Manzano as Maria on Sesame Street and love her. I also love that she reads the audiobook.
#signedsunday Ive managed to find time during my conference to read some of this book. Good so far!
Listening to Sonia Manzano aka Maria from Sesame Street! She's so adorable and funny. Can't wait to read this one.
pickI'll admit, I'm not sure I could have gone into this prepared NOT to love it. Despite this containing stories of abuse and poverty, hearing Manzano read it is practically soothing if you grew up with Sesame Street. Great #audiobook.
If Santa had to wait for us Puerto Ricans to stop partying on Christmas Eve and go to bed, he'd never finish delivering gifts and we would hold up the whole world getting presents.
(Illustration by Majorie Priceman from Manzano's picture book, Miracle on 133rd Street)
'We don't got a lot, but we sure got a lot of roaches!'
Listening to Manzano read is so soothing, even when the topics are unsettling. #audio
Unlike most memoirs, there is no romanticizing, apologizing or glossing over behaviors in "Becoming Maria". Manzano writes from the point of view of her then-age rather than her current age and whatever nostalgia or judgement experience brings; the net effect of which is raw and leaves the reader in the same headspace we occupied when young and struggling for clarity.
