In ‘Ordinary Girls,’ Jaquira Díaz Explores the Dark Side of Youth
A look at how girls grow up and discover themselves in an unequal — and often cruel — world
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9 min readDec 4, 2019
Jaquira Díaz’s memoir, Ordinary Girls, takes us into the dark world of her youth. Growing up in the projects of Puerto Rico, she was exposed to violence and poverty, but found solace in her…
