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Chicago Summer, Chicago Book
I’m hanging out at Starbucks so I can cool off. Just installed my AC units this morning but still hot and muggy. I left Chloe the Convent Cat sprawled on the rug and licking an ice cube. What happened to the rest of Spring??
Today the IHMs in Chicago are gathering from far and wide for a cook-out, book study, and prayer. I’m looking forward to being all together. We are reading The House on Mango Street
… a Chicana (Mexican-American girl), who is about twelve years old when the novel begins. During the year, she moves with her family into a house on Mango Street. The house is a huge improvement from the family’s previous apartment, and it is the first home her parents actually own. However, the house is not what Esperanza has dreamed of, because it is run-down and small. The house is in the center of a crowded Latino neighborhood in Chicago, a city where many of the poor areas are racially segregated. Esperanza does not have any privacy, and she resolves that she will someday leave Mango Street and have a house all her own. (source: SparkNotes)
Have you read it? What do you like about it?
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I suppose you don’t want to hear about how I had to turn the heat on the other night and that I’m wearing polar fleece again?
I’ve heard good things about The House on Mango Street, but haven’t read it. It’s on the list.
I love Sandra Cisneros. My favorite part of the book is that she lives between neighbors Dolores and Soledad. (pain and solitude) Don’t we all at some point…
jen … I am jealous of you! I am a creature of the winter … snow and ice, bless the Lord! Stay warm!
Alicia … The writing has blown me away. I haven’t read this caliber of writing in a long time. The images and metaphors that Cisneros uses are amazing. Have you read any of her poetry or short stories?
I had the opportunity to hear her read her own writing at a conference last year and it was awesome. What a rich experience!
As much as I don’t like the extra light in the summer, I’d really rather have my windows open.