How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Fiction & Literature, Coming of Age, Literary
Cover of the book How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez, Algonquin Books
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Author: Julia Alvarez ISBN: 9781616200985
Publisher: Algonquin Books Publication: January 12, 2010
Imprint: Algonquin Books Language: English
Author: Julia Alvarez
ISBN: 9781616200985
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publication: January 12, 2010
Imprint: Algonquin Books
Language: English

"A joy to read." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez’s beloved first novel gives voice to four sisters as they grow up in two cultures. The García sisters--Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía--and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after their father’s 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 home--and not at home--in America.

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"A joy to read." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez’s beloved first novel gives voice to four sisters as they grow up in two cultures. The García sisters--Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía--and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after their father’s 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 home--and not at home--in America.

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