{"product_id":"gabi-fragmentos-de-una-adolescente-spanish-language-edition-9780593082263","title":"Gabi, Fragmentos de Una Adolescente: Spanish-Language Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Isabel Quintero\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vintage Espanol\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vintage Espanol\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Hispanic \u0026amp; Latino\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabi aÃºn no entiende quiÃ©n es. Escribir la ayudarÃ¡ a juntar sus pedazos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGabi HernÃ¡ndez estÃ¡ en su Ãºltimo aÃ±o de la preparatoria. Para entretenerse, escribe todo lo que le pasa en su diario: las solicitudes a las universidades, el embarazo de Cindy, cuando SebastiÃ¡n saliÃ³ del clÃ³set, los chicos guapos de su clase, la adicciÃ³n de su padre a la metanfetamina, y toda la comida que se le antoja. Pero lo mejor de todo lo que escribe es la poesÃ­a que la ayuda a ser quien es. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e24 de julio \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMi madre me llamÃ³ Gabriela en honor de mi abuela materna, quien, por cierto, no quiso conocerme cuando nacÃ­ porque mi mamÃ¡ no estaba casada, es decir, vivÃ­a en pecado. Mi mamÃ¡ me contÃ³ muchas, muchas, muchas veces cÃ³mo mi abuela la golpeÃ³ cuando le confesÃ³ que estaba embarazada de mÃ­.  Le dio una paliza! A los veinticinco aÃ±os. Esa historia es la base de mi educaciÃ³n sexual. Cada vez que salgo con alguien, mi mamÃ¡ dice, \"Ojos abiertos, piernas cerradas\". Hasta ahÃ­ llega la conversaciÃ³n de las abejitas y las flores. Y por mÃ­ estÃ¡ bien, aun si no estoy enteramente de acuerdo con toda esa basura de \"esperar hasta que te cases\". O sea, esto es Estados Unidos y es el siglo XXI, no MÃ©xico hace cien aÃ±os. Pero, claro, no se lo puedo decir a mi mamÃ¡ porque pensarÃ­a que soy mala. O peor: que intento ser blanca.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed to Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2014\u003cbr\u003eNamed to School Library Journal Best Books of 2014\u003cbr\u003eGabi Hernandez chronicles her last year in high school in her diary: college applications, Cindy's pregnancy, Sebastian's coming out, the cute boys, her father's meth habit, and the food she craves. And best of all, the poetry that helps forge her identity.\u003cbr\u003eJuly 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy mother named me Gabriella, after my grandmother who, coincidentally, didn't want to meet me when I was born because my mother was unmarried, and therefore living in sin. My mom has told me the story many, many, MANY, times of how, when she confessed to my grandmother that she was pregnant with me, her mother beat her. BEAT HER! She was twenty-five. That story is the basis of my sexual education and has reiterated why it's important to wait until you're married to give it up. So now, every time I go out with a guy, my mom says, \"Ojos abiertos, piernas cerradas.\" Eyes open, legs closed. That's as far as the birds and the bees talk has gone. And I don't mind it. I don't necessarily agree with that whole wait until you're married crap, though. I mean, this is America and the 21st century; not Mexico one hundred years ago. But, of course, I can't tell my mom that because she will think I'm bad. Or worse: trying to be White.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Vintage Espanol","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45114522927255,"sku":"9780593082263","price":1097.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780593082263.webp?v=1767642454","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gabi-fragmentos-de-una-adolescente-spanish-language-edition-9780593082263","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}