Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction -
From the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street:
"This memoir has the transcendent sweep of a full life." --Houston
Chronicle
From Chicago to Mexico, the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have
provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry.
But a house of her own, a place where she could truly take root, has
eluded her. In this jigsaw autobiography, made up of essays and images
spanning three decades**--and including never-before-published
work--**Cisneros has come home at last.
Written with her trademark lyricism, in these signature pieces the
acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street and winner of the 2019
PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature shares her
transformative memories and reveals her artistic and intellectual
influences. Poignant, honest, and deeply moving, A House of My Own is
an exuberant celebration of a life lived to the fullest, from one of our
most beloved writers.