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

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Author: Julia Alvarez Number of Pages: 304 Item Length: 9.8 in Publication Year: 1992 Item Weight: 0.4 lbs Type: Novel Language: English Format: Paperback Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Book Title: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults Item Width: 5.9 in Publisher: Plume Edition: Reprint Genre: Drama, Realistic Fiction, Comedy, Coming of Age Narrative Type: Fiction 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 Era: 1990s Item Height: 0.6 in Original Language: English ISBN: 0452268060 gtin13: 0452268060

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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?