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Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2010
Description
In the 1960s, political tension forces the García family away from Santo Domingo and towards the Bronx, where the sisters adapt and thrive 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.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
This national bestseller "beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory" ("The New York Times Book Review").
"Cuando las hermanas Garc?a --Carla, Sandra, Yolanda y Sof?a-- y sus padres huyen de la Rep?blica Dominicana buscando refugio de la persecuci?n pol?tica, encuentran un nuevo hogar en los Estados Unidos. Pero el Nueva York de los a?os sesenta es marcadamente diferente de la vida privilegiada,...
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