How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Paperback Julia Alvarez - ACCEPTABLE

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gtin13: 0452268060 Item Height: 0.6 in Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults Type: Novel Topic: Coming of Age, Culture, Family Life, Languages, Language Skills, Love, School, Hispanic & Latino, General, Literary, Emigration, Immigration, Dominican Republic, Sex, Bigotry, Politics, Freedom, Privilege, Roman Catholicism ISBN: 0452268060 Era: 1990s Language: English Publisher: Plume Book Title: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Item Width: 5.9 in Number of Pages: 304 Original Language: English Publication Year: 1992 Narrative Type: Fiction Item Weight: 0.4 lbs Genre: Drama, Realistic Fiction, Comedy, Coming of Age Author: Julia Alvarez Edition: Reprint Format: Paperback Item Length: 9.8 in

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This book is the story of the 4 García sisters - Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía. The book is split into 3 parts, and those parts are arranged in reverse chronological order. The sisters are born in the Dominican Republic, but soon immigrate to the United States. There, they go to school, date, and experience many other aspects of life. What will their experiences teach them? And how much of their native culture will they retain?