With razor-sharp wit and unabashed honesty, Carlo takes us on her hilarious, shocking ride of growing up as a redheaded, freckle-faced Puerto Rican in the Polish 'hood of the Bronx. Fish Out of Agua is a loving and laugh-out-loud coming-of-age memoir for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider, tried drugs, hated their parents for a day, lost their virginity, struggled to support their new (albeit modest) adult life, or even dreamt of big-city life. Readers will relish Michele Carlo's warm and distinctive retelling of her many rites of passage.