Once I Was You Literary Figures and lyrical

and lyrical

“A once-in-a-generation voice

this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl

her early childhood was loving and idyllic—and yet she couldn’t articulate the deep sense of isolation she increasingly felt as she grew older

including the lifting of the ban on women from pursuing combat roles in the military

Once I Was You Literary Figures and lyricalINPRs Best Books of 2020BookPages Best Books of 2020Real Simples Best Books of 2020Boston. com readers voted one of Best Books of 2020Anyone striving to understand and improve this country should read her story. Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the RoadThe Emmy Awardwinning journalist and anchor of NPRs Latino USA tells the story of immigration in America through her familys experiences and decades of reporting, painting an unflinching portrait of