My Broken Language

A Memoir

My Broken Language
Quiara Alegria Hudes
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 336pg
14 Apr 2022 UK
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9780008464660
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"Quiara Hudes is in her own league. Her sentences will take your breath away. How lucky we are to have her telling our stories. " - Lin-Manuel Miranda From the Pulitzer-prize winning playwright of IN THE HEIGHTS comes a spellbinding coming-of-age story, and a vibrant and life-affirming celebration of the women who guide us. Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish father and an enigmatic Puerto Rican mother, Quiara Alegria Hudes had a love-and-trouble-filled upbringing, haunted by the unspoken, untold family secrets of the barrio. In the face of real world wounds, the powerful, Orisha-like women of her family possessed a strength, joy and sensuality that left a young Quiara awe struck. She vowed to tell their stories. But confronted by a world that treated her like an outsider, Quiara knew she must find a new language, one which reflected the multiple cultures that raised this Puerto Rican child of North Philly. Written and spoken, English and Spanish, sacred and profane - as her search for a way to share her family' s story deepened, an artist emerged, ready to speak her truth. An inspired exploration of home, family and memory, My BROKEN LANGUAGE is the story of a sharp-eyed observer who finds her voice and learns to boldly tell the stories that only she can tell.
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR MY BROKEN LANGUAGE' Quiara Hudes is in her own league. Her sentences will take your breath away. How lucky we are to have her telling our stories. ' - LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA' Enormously empathetic and funny . . . The language throughout is gorgeous and so moving. I love this book. ' - ANGIE CRUZ, author of Dominicana' A masterclass on how we might all find the courage to tell our own stories on our own terms. ' - KIMBERLY DREW, author of This is What I Know About Art and Black Futures' A gut-punch of a memoir. . . Hudes beautifully captures the richness and complexity of her Puerto Rican-American family, and in so doing opens up profound questions around belonging and the bonds of love we all grapple with. This book is a force of creative energy. ' - JOANNA POCOCK, author of Surrender' Visceral, riotous, and cathartic. To have a foot in two cultures, to live in the divide, to capture her experiences with such astonishing ferocity, originality and attention to detail - well, to read Hudes' Broken Language was a kind of baptism. A woman' s journey to find her voice has never been rendered so powerfully. I can honestly say I grew as a writer from reading it. ' - JINI REDDY, author of Wanderland' An extraordinary, beautiful and deeply moving memoir. . . . With their hope and resilience, the Perez women teach us how to build a well of support that lasts a lifetime, fuelling unique artistic journeys. I know I will treasure this book, and return to it whenever I feel in need of creative sustenance. ' - SOPHIE HARDACH, author of Confession with Blue Horses' Quiara Hudes has created a must-read book that is difficult to put down. Her generous intimacy causes us all to examine-and honor-our families' broken languages that create a rich, emotional legacy for the people we become. ' - PAULA VOGEL, Pulitizer Prize-winner
Quiara Alegria Hudes is an American playwright, lyricist and essayist. She is best known for writing the musical and screenplay adaptation of In the Heights with Lin-Manuel Miranda. Hailed for her work' s exuberance, intellectual rigor, and rich imagination, her plays and musicals have been performed around the world. She won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Water by the Spoonful.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780008464660
Published: 14 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: William Collins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 270g
Pages: 336

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