the stories in I Meant It Once build to complete a profoundly recognizable portrait of early adulthood and the ways in which seemingly incidental moments can come to define the stories we tell ourselves
has come back home to take care of his aging mother
THE GREATEST SAGAS ARE WRITTEN IN BLOOD
But although dozens of books have been written about her
Each one has a theme that ties the longest answers together in some way
Fantasy Island hidden springs the stories in I MeantAn urgent, fascinating, and impassioned (Daniel Immerwahr) history of Puerto Ricos 122 years as a colony of the United States Since its acquisition by the United States in 1898, Puerto Rico has served as a testing ground for the most aggressive and exploitative US economic, political, and social policies. In Fantasy Island, Ed Morales traces how, over the years, Puerto Rico has served as a colonial satellite, a dumping ground for US manufactured