The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Recently, on my drive into work, I listened to National Public Radio and there was a piece on Sandra Cisneros. It was the 25th anniversary of The House on Mango Street. Having not read it, I thought I would borrow it from our library. The author’s poetic and narrative style in this short novel truly captivated me. Each short chapter left me with a feeling that I was in the protagonist's mind and knew her well. Cisneros, with her fluid and descriptive writing style, managed to paint a vivid picture of life for a Mexican-American girl in her early teens growing up in a poor neighborhood in Chicago. Now I am hooked and want to read her other works. - Reviewed by Patricia