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Book

Pork belly tacos with a side of anxiety

Call Number

  • 921 C3461 TEEN (CEN, EAS, OSH)

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Publication Information

Solana Beach, CA : Santa Monica Press/Teen, [2022]

Physical Description

277 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

"In Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety, Yvonne Castañeda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba...and how she came to develop an unhealthy relationship with food. To help ease her mami's nervios, Yvonne becomes a perfectionist from a young age, achieving high grades at school and mastering the piano. But as her Cuban family members openly make comments about her awkward desarrollo, or puberty, Yvonne enters a new phase of self-consciousness that begins her obsession with weight. She abandons the piano for the high school cheerleading team, and reinvents herself, becoming both skinny and popular. However, as a first-generation adolescent born in the United States, Yvonne wrestles with the conflict between the cultural norms of her Hispanic/Latino heritage and American societal expectations. Plagued by doubt and low self-esteem, Yvonne begins a vicious cycle of weight gain and loss, as she battles Bulimia Nervosa. Beleaguered by feelings of guilt, shame, and inferiority, she develops anxiety, depression, and a reliance on dangerous coping mechanisms. Ultimately, sage advice from her dear abuela in Guadalajara, Mexico, guides Yvonne to a realization that shifts her perspective of herself and the purpose of her life, providing a foundation for inner peace, and la solución to her past struggles."--Publisher description.

Notes

Subtitle from front cover.

Contents

  • Toy piano
  • Do I have to be a woman?
  • Bull's-eye on my back
  • The elephant on my chest
  • Mejico lindo
  • Pom pom nightmare
  • Legs too fat! You too fat!
  • All aboard!
  • Speed train to hell
  • Road tripping
  • A broken compass
  • Keeping secrets
  • My favorite mistake
  • Only God knows
  • Drifting away
  • Traumatized tooth fairy
  • Imposter syndrome
  • Single and badass
  • Jumping off the train
  • La solución.

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