Quiara Alegría Hudes

"Quiara Alegria Hudes was the sharp-eyed girl on the stairs while her family danced in her grandmother's tight South Philly kitchen, "frizzy hair cut short, bangs teased into stiff clouds, sweat glistening in the summer fog, pamper-butt babies weaving between legs." Quiara was awed by her aunts and uncles and cousins, but haunted by the secrets of the family and the unspoken stories of the barrio -- even as she tried to find her own voice in the sea...

Back cover: "Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts forge an unbreakable bond of support and love. The boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace as birth families splinter and online families collide. 'Water by the spoonful' is a heartfelt and poetic meditation on lives on the brink of redemption...

The likeable, magnetic, bodega owner Usnavi saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines, and sings about a better life. Meanwhile, his tight-knit community faces the challenge of gentrification, losing their homes while trying to better themselves and hold on to their cultures.

La dramaturga ganadora del premio Pulitzer y coguionista de In the Heights cuenta sus memorias de crecer en un barrio pobre de Filadelfia junto a su numerosa familia puertorriqueña. "Quiara Alegría Hudes está en su propia liga. Sus frases te dejarán sin aliento. Qué suerte tenemos de que sea ella quien cuente nuestras historias". - Lin-Manuel Miranda, creador de Hamilton y In the Heights Quiara Alegría Hudes era la niña de ojos penetrantes...