A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir by Daisy Hernandez
Daisy Hernandez, a Cuban-Colombian, depicts her life challenges in the memoir “A Cup of Water Under My Bed.” Her mother grew up in poverty in Colombia, her father in Cuba. She was born in the United States, where she lives in Northern New Jersey with her parents, sister, and aunts. As a young child, Hernandez blamed her Hispanic culture for the injustices she faced including how she was looked at differently by her Caucasian teachers, her limited English vocabulary, and the long hours her mom had to work at a factory. She wants to convince herself that she is like her Caucasian teachers— with “no history, no past, and no culture.”…