A cup of water under my bed : a memoir /

"It's 1980. Ronald Reagan has been elected president, John Lennon has been shot, and a little girl in New Jersey has been hauled off to English classes. Her teachers and parents and tias are expecting her to become white--like the Italians. This is the opening to A cup of water under my be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hernández, Daisy (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Beacon Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Hernández, Daisy. Hernández, Daisy > Family. Hernández, Daisy Young women > Family relationships > United States. Colombian Americans > Biography. Cuban Americans > Biography. Bisexual women > United States > Biography. Identity (Psychology) > United States. Women > New Jersey > Biography. Women journalists > New York (State) > New York > Biography. United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020. Identity > United States. United States > Social conditions > 1980- Jeunes femmes > Relations familiales > États-Unis. Américains d'origine cubaine > Biographies. Identité (Psychologie) > États-Unis. Femmes > New Jersey > Biographies. Femmes journalistes > New York (État) > New York > Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration. Bisexual women Colombian Americans Cuban Americans Families Identity (Psychology) Social conditions Women Women journalists Young women > Family relationships New Jersey New York (State) > New York United States Bisexual women. Bisexual people. Women. Gender identity. 1980-2020 Autobiography Lesbian fiction. autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies.
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Table of Contents:

Condemned
One. Before Love, Memory
Stories She Tells Us
The Candy Dish
A Cup of Water Under My Bed
Two. Even If I Kiss a Woman
Queer Narratives
Que India
Three. Only Ricos Have Credit
My Father's Hands
Blackout
Despues.