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How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Uprooted from their family home in the Dominican Republic, the four Garcia sisters - Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofia - arrive in New York City in 1960 to find a life far different from the genteel existence of maids, manicures, and extended family they left behind. What they have lost - and what they find - is revealed in the fifteen interconnected stories that make up this exquisite novel from one of the premier novelists of our time.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Plume

Release: October 04, 2005

ISBN: 0452287073

ISBN 13: 9780452287075

How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Uprooted from their family home in the Dominican Republic, the four Garcia sisters - Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofia - arrive in New York City in 1960 to find a life far different from the genteel existence of maids, manicures, and extended family they left behind. What they have lost - and what they find - is revealed in the fifteen interconnected stories that make up this exquisite novel from one of the premier novelists of our time.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Plume

Release: October 04, 2005

ISBN: 0452287073

ISBN 13: 9780452287075

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