![]() ![]() And one of her brothers said to me, "We used to hang around someone's house, and if they gave us a scrap to eat, we'd stay." You know how dogs stay around if you throw them a bone? And she would tell me these horrible stories and she would say that my father had gone through similar things. My mother would tell me these stories about Puerto Rico during the Depression - the poverty, the unrelenting struggle to find something to eat. On trying to understand what led her father to become abusive It was this complete cycle of violence, hope, violence, hope. When the furniture would be broken - because my father would throw the chairs around and destroy the coffee table - my sister would say, "Look at this, this is great! We're going to have all new furniture by Monday morning!" Which we did. On how she felt she needed to have "a sense of humor" about her family situation ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Becoming Maria Author Sonia Manzano ![]()
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