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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

by Julia Alvarez

ISBN13: 9780452287075
ISBN10: 0452287073
Condition: Standard
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It's a long way from Santo Domingo to the Bronx, but if anyone can go the distance, it's the Garcia girls. Four lively Latinas plunge from a pampered life of privilege on an island compound into the big-city chaos of New York, where they embrace all that America has to offer.

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: Nikki, February 20, 2007 (view all comments by Nikki)
I will recommend this book a thousand times, to any woman I know. Alvarez conveys beautifully every struggle and triumph in the lives of her characters, carrying everything they feel clearly onto her page. All of the characters feel like real human beings, and their lives are so vivid that you really will be put in their shoes. This book will not leave you disappointed.
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ISBN:: 9780452287075
Subtitle:: (Plume Essential Edition)
Author:: Alvarez, Julia
Publisher:: Plume
Subject:: General
Subject:: Literary
Subject:: Young women
Subject:: Sisters
Subject:: Bildungsromans
Edition Description:: Plume Essential
Publication Date:: 20051004
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: English
Pages:: 304
Dimensions:: 8.44x5.60x.85 in. .74 lbs.

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