ISBN: 0385351348 9780385351348

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs

Page count: 400

<b>Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction • From the celebrated bestselling author of <i>The House on Mango Street: </i>"This memoir has the transcendent sweep of a full life.” —<i>Houston Chronicle</i><br><br></b>From Chicago to Mexico, the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own, a place where she could truly take root, has eluded her. In this jigsaw autobiography, made up of essays and images spanning three decades<b>—</b>and including never-before-published work<b>—</b>Cisneros has come home at last.<br><br>Written with her trademark lyricism, in these signature pieces the acclaimed author of <i>The House on Mango Street</i> and winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature shares her transformative memories and reveals her artistic and intellectual influences. Poignant, honest, and deeply moving, <i>A House of My Own</i> is an exuberant celebration of a life lived to the fullest, from one of our most beloved writers.