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

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

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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?