House on Mango Street by Sandtra Ciseros adult fiction her four young children and

her four young children and her closest friend are left to struggle without the woman who centered their lives

flusters when she spots her high school sweetheart

But that’s not the only reason Diamond stands out: she’s teased relentlessly about her weight

She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning

From the duo behind the bestselling If I Had series

House on Mango Street by Sandtra Ciseros adult fiction her four young children andThe House on Mango Street is one of the most cherished novels of the last fifty years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. In English my name means hope, she says. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting."Told in a series of vignettessometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyousCisneross masterpiece is a