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

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