American Chica

American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood is a 2001 memoir written by Peruvian-American author and journalist Marie Arana. In it, Arana writes of her childhood and the time she spent on a sugar...

In chapter 8 of the book American Chica by Marie Arana, the author recounts the circumstances that result in her first visit to America. Marie's maternal grandmother is on her deathbed, and the...