In Jaquira Díaz’s Memoir ‘Ordinary Girls,’ Sisterhood Is Shaped by Shared Struggles of Violence & Poverty

Eva Recinos — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:30:06 +0000

In Jaquira Díaz’s debut memoir Ordinary Girls, sisterhoods are forged by fire — from abusive relatives to predatory men to street violence. These girls often find no recourse, except in each other. “I didn’t know it yet, none of us did, but it would be these hood girls, these ordinary girls, who would save me,”

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