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vivir en dos idiomas is positioned somewhere between literature and history ; it is not however a work of fiction . p using her signature style alma flor ada crafts an inspiring intense and personal examination of her life . this memoir presents the most significant experiences of a writer for whom narrating is synonymous with being and an engagement that she can not live without . p from the very first pages we discover an extraordinary gifted life . the author recounts the smallest aspects of an apparently idyllic childhood spent in cuba her first school years and the first encounters with what would later become much more than inseparable companions books . we will journey with her through ups and downs through cities and countries in three continents . we will also witness the key incidents that led to her unflagging support of peasant immigrants in the united states .