With what issues does the book deal? Does it do so in a realistic way? Fully explain your assertion.

Cisneros, the author incorporated her many major concerns about life into this novel and wrote about conflicts directly related to her upbringing, including divided cultural loyalties, feelings of alienation, and degradation associated with poverty. Cisneros' work also explores other issues that are important to her: feminism, love, oppression, and religion.

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