The Meaning of Consuelo is Judith Ortiz Cofer’s first young adult novel. It won the Américas Award and was included on the New York Public Library’s “Books for the Teen Age List.” It is set in the s, in San Juan, Puerto Rico/5(21). The late young adult writer Judith Ortiz Cofer published the coming of age novel The Meaning of Consuelo in Set in s Puerto Rico, the novel follows the trials and tribulations of an adolescent girl as she navigates her own burgeoning womanhood, her family’s inexorable shattering in the face of a slow-building tragedy, and the clash between the traditional gender . · The young narrator and her native Puerto Rico go through major transitions, in this reflective second novel by Cofer (The Line of the Sun, ; stories: The Year of .
That's how Consuelo's mother has cast her pensive, book-loving daughter, while Consuelo's younger sister Mili, is seen as vivacious--a ray of tropical sunshine. Two daughters: one dark, one light; one to offer comfort and consolation, the other to charm and delight. But something is not right in this Puerto Rican family. Judith Ortiz Cofer. Judith Ortiz Cofer was a critically acclaimed and widely published poet, novelist, and essayist. A longtime Georgian, she wrote extensively about the experience of being Puerto Rican and about her identity as a woman and writer in the United States. The Meaning of Consuelo (), and the Pulitzer-Prize nominated The. THE MEANING OF CONSUELO Judith Ortiz Cofer, Author. Farrar, Straus Giroux $22 (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. Island Like You; The Line of the Sun.
The Meaning of Consuelo is Judith Ortiz Cofer’s first young adult novel. It won the Américas Award and was included on the New York Public Library’s “Books for the Teen Age List.” It is set in the s, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The narrator of Judith Ortiz Cofer’s novel is Consuelo (which means one who consoles), the elder daughter in a family that is making its way into the middle class in the suburbs of San Juan. Two daughters: one dark, one light; one to offer comfort and consolation, the other to charm and delight. But something is not right in this Puerto Rican family. Set in the s, a time when American influence is diluting Puerto Rico's rich island culture, Consuelo watches her own family's downward spiral.
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