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100 1  Ferrera, America,|d1984-|eauthor. 
245 10 American like me :|breflections on life between cultures /
       |cAmerica Ferrera. 
264  1 New York :|bSimon & Schuster|c2018. 
300    309 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, 
       her identity is inextricably linked to her parents 
       homeland and Honduran culture. Speaking Spanish at home, 
       having Saturday-morning-salsa-dance-parties in the kitchen,
       and eating tamales alongside apple pie at Christmas never 
       seemed at odds with her American identity. Still, she 
       yearned to see that identity reflected in the larger 
       American narrative. Now, in American Like Me, America 
       invites thirty-one of her friends, peers, and heroes to 
       share their stories about life between cultures. We know 
       them as actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, artists,
       and writers. However, they are also immigrants, children 
       or grandchildren of immigrants, indigenous people, or 
       people who otherwise grew up with deep and personal 
       connections to more than one culture. Each of them 
       struggled to establish a sense of self, find belonging, 
       and feel seen. And they call themselves American 
       enthusiastically, reluctantly, or not at all. Ranging from
       the heartfelt to the hilarious, their stories shine a 
       light on a quintessentially American experience and will 
       appeal to anyone with a complicated relationship to family,
       culture, and growing up. 
600 10 Ferrera, America,|d1984- 
650  0 Culture. 
650  0 Actors|xCulture. 
650  0 Comedians|xCulture. 
650  0 Athletes|xCulture. 
650  0 Politicians|xCulture. 
650  0 Artists|xCulture. 
650  0 Authors|xCulture. 
651  0 United States|xSocial life and customs.