Millie and the Lords
This is the story of Milagros Baez, a lonely young Puerto Rican woman from Spanish Harlem who secretly longs for a different life. She spends her days and nights as a stock girl at a local grocery market, and comes home at night to a controlling and abusive father who has never recovered from her mothers death. An avid reader, Millie fantasizes about going to college and becoming a writer. But in her world, this is not a realistic goal. With no one on her side, she is resigned to living in the projects of El Barrio and working at a grocery store for the rest of her life.
But when she meets Mateo, a former Young Lord, her entire life is changed.