How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
of Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author)
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"Poignant . . . Powerful . . . Beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory." âThe New York Times Book Review Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarezâs beloved first novel gives voice to four sisters as they grow up in two cultures. The GarcĂa sistersâCarla, Sandra, Yolanda, and SofĂaâand their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after their fatherâs role in an attempt to overthrow brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo is discovered. They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Caribbean. In the wondrous but not always welcoming U.S.A., their parents try to hold on to their old ways as the girls try find new lives: by straightening their hair and wearing American fashions, and by forgetting their Spanish. For them, it is at once liberating and excruciating to be caught between the old world and the new. Here they tell their stories about being at homeâand not at homeâin America.Julia Alvarezâs new novel, Afterlife, is available now.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336 pages
- Publisher Algonquin Books
- Publication Date January 12th 2010
- First Publication January 4th 1991
- Language English
- ISBN 9781565129757
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['New York City, New York (United States)', 'Dominican Republic']
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