How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

by Julia Alvarez

Overview

Fifteen interrelated stories, unfolding back in time from 1989 to 1956, explore the dilemmas of four Latinas uprooted from a privileged island life and thrown into the unyielding big city.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781606868386
Publisher:	Perfection Learning Corporation
Publication date:	09/13/2010
Pages:	311
Sales rank:	764,361
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. She is the author of six novels, three books of nonfiction, three collections of poetry, and eleven books for children and young adults. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and, until her retirement in 2016, was a writer in residence at Middlebury College. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the Woman of the Year by Latina magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Library’s program “The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez.” In the Time of the Butterflies, with over one million copies in print, was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read program, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Arts in recognition of her extraordinary storytelling.

Hometown:

Middlebury, Vermont

Date of Birth:

March 27, 1950

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Education:

B.A., Middlebury College, 1971; M.F.A., Syracuse University, 1975

Editorial Reviews

"A clear-eyed look at the insecurity and yearning for a sense of belonging that are a part of the immigrant experience . . . Movingly told." —The Washington Post Book World

"Extraordinary . . . The voice of personal and political history as it lives now." —The Bloomsbury Review

"Simply wonderful." —Los Angeles Times

"[A] tender, charming book . . . There is a charge to Alvarez's writing, a poetic intensity, that is truly original." —The Miami Herald

"A joy to read."—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"Subtle . . Powerful . . . Reveals the intricacies of family, the impact of culture and place, and the profound power of language." —The San Diego Tribune

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