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How the Garcia girls lost their accents / by Julia Alvarez.
LIBRA PS3551.L845 H66 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alvarez, Julia.
- Series:
- Plume contemporary fiction
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sisters--United States--Fiction.
- Sisters.
- Dominican Americans--Fiction.
- Dominican Americans.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 290 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Plume, [1992]
- Summary:
- In the 1960s, political tension forces the García family away from Santo Domingo and towards the Bronx. The sisters all hit their strides in America, adapting and thriving despite cultural differences, language barriers, and prejudice. But Mami and Papi are more traditional, and they have far more difficulty adjusting to their new country. Making matters worse, the girls--frequently embarrassed by their parents--find ways to rebel against them.
- Contents:
- Antojos
- The kiss
- The four girls
- Joe
- The Rudy Elmenhurst story
- A regular revolution
- Daughter of invention
- Trespass
- Snow
- Floor show
- Blood of the conquistadores
- The human body
- Still lives
- An American surprise
- The drum.
- Notes:
- "This is an authorized reprint of a hardcover edition published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill."
- Sequel: Yo!
- ISBN:
- 0452268060
- 9780452268067
- 061303211X
- 9780613032117
- OCLC:
- 25025163
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