How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
Julia Alvarez
290 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0452268060
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Language: English
Publish: June 1, 1992
ClassicsComing Of AgeContemporaryFamilyFictionHistorical FictionLiterary FictionNovelsSchoolYoung Adult
Julia Alvarez’s brilliant first book of fiction sets the Garcia girls free to tell their irrepressibly intimate stories about how they came to be at home — and not at home — in America.”A warm, honest rendering of family life.” –Elle Magazine”She has beautifully captured the threshold experience of the new immigrant.” –New York Times Book Review